I truly believe that music is the most powerful thing we have.
There is no government in Europe where ministers go through that kind of confirmation process, which in fact is modeled on the way the U. S. cabinet members are confirmed.
If the euro becomes a factor promoting Europe's drifting apart, then the foundation of the European project is destroyed.
The two greatest priorities for my government are tackling tax evasion and corruption.
I have the most profound respect for the Department of Justice and the FTC. We in Europe are a younger and I would say junior institution to the historical antitrust experience of the US.
My aspiration is not to be loved. It is that my government be respected and credible.
I am certain that most Germans have instinctive liking for Italy, just as Italians admire Germans for their many qualities.
God is real. God is here now. God is this moment revealed. For the most part, we are lost in the past and future world of the mind. To experience the living Presence of God in all things present, we will have come to where God is. We will have to become fully present. Otherwise we have no choice but to believe in God or disbelieve in God and neither is true, for the truth is beyond belief!
We now have the sweetest, kindest and most generous fans from far away places - it’s a real privilege.
The modern world seems to have no notion of preserving different things side by side, of allowing its proper and proportionate place to each, of saving the whole varied heritage of culture. It has no notion except that of simplifying something by destroying nearly everything.
Luck is a strong horse; it can carry man to very distant places!