"No matter how many obstacles that are thrown in our path, there are ways to accept them and to live through them. Understand life`s mysteries, - as mysteries to be lived."

"I was raised a Catholic on the South Side of Chicago, and I felt I had to undo a lot of serious damage. But as I was getting older, I began coming off my absolutely young, arrogant, agnostic beliefs. I was thinking more about coming to terms with human spirituality."