“…for it is a very solemn thing to be arrested in the midst of busy life by the possibility of the great change.”
“I learned long ago that when change comes, you gotta slow down and take note of it. In the midst of that change is all the possibility in the world.”
“It really seems to me that in the midst of great tragedy, there is always the horrible possibility that something terribly funny will happen.”
“Wear audacious underwear under the most solemn business attire.”
“I feel that art has something to do with the achievement of stillness in the midst of chaos. A stillness which characterizes prayer, too, and the eye of the storm. I think that art has something to do with an arrest of attention in the midst of distraction.”
“The Catholic wisdom of the people... provides reasons for joy and humor even in the midst of a very hard life.”