Pastoral Resources

The first and worst of all frauds is to cheat one's self. All sin is easy after that.

It is bad for a young man to sin; but it is worse for an old man to sin.

But I recognize no infallible authority, even in special questions; consequently, whatever respect I may have for the honesty and the sincerity of such or such an individual, I have no absolute faith in any person.

The ultimate sin of any performer is contempt for the audience.

I enjoy singing, and the instruments which truly move me are the horn, the trumpet and the cello.

I know what sin is.

I've been wanting to sing for a long time. I've been singing all my life, and I've tried different record companies, but it seemed like - it was such a struggle and so hard to get out there. So, I said, 'I'm gonna go on American Idol and see how far it takes me.'

I'm very soulful. I grew up singing in church. When I sing a song, I like to feel what I'm singing.

Let us consider that swearing is a sin of all others peculiarly clamorous, and provocative of Divine judgment.

Even private persons in due season, with discretion and temper, may reprove others, whom they observe to commit sin, or follow bad courses, out of charitable design, and with hope to reclaim them.

I still love to walk in the mountains or be on the sea. I like to be in nature. Sometimes I bicycle. It's important to feel good with your body. The body is extremely important. If you feel good, you have more energy in your singing.

The essential element in personal magnetism is a consuming sincerity - an overwhelming faith in the importance of the work one has to do.

Idleness is a constant sin, and labor is a duty. Idleness is the devil's home for temptation and for unprofitable, distracting musings; while labor profit others and ourselves.

I have devoted my energies to the study of the scriptures, observing monastic discipline, and singing the daily services in church; study, teaching, and writing have always been my delight.

Although the particular inclination of the homosexual person is not a sin, it is more or less strong tendency ordered to an intrinsic moral evil, and thus the inclination itself must be seen as an objective disorder.

Does there, I wonder, exist a being who has read all, or approximately all, that the person of average culture is supposed to have read, and that not to have read is a social sin? If such a being does exist, surely he is an old, a very old man.

Directing an opera is similar to directing a play. The singing must not get in the way of the drama.

The most original sin is not the thinker's but the poet's.

To sin offers repentance and forgiveness; not to sin offers only punishment.

Sensuality without love is a sin; love without sensuality is worse than a sin.