David Draiman Quotes

I briefly thought of becoming a priest but quickly saw that would be ridiculous.

The best decision I ever made was to become a priest and I think the second best was to resign.

Hey, I was raised in the church. I was an altar boy and a choir member. I almost became a priest - until common sense grabbed hold of me.

I was very serious about being a priest, twice in my life. Almost joined the Montfort Seminary after I graduated from high school. Almost went back in the seminary during college.

When I was in sixth grade, I wanted to become a priest.

Really I feel less keen about the Army every day. I think the Church would suit me better.

At different points in my life, I had grappled with the idea of going into the priesthood - in high school or law school. Where it ends, I'm not quite sure. Perhaps it ends with death, grappling with one's spirituality.

I was a lousy nun. I couldn't do it. I couldn't find God. It wasn't suitable for me. It is suitable for very few people.

Every kid that goes to Catholic school believes he's going to be a priest one day.

And I was very interested in the priesthood.

I studied with the idea of becoming a Catholic priest.

So I was very close to ordination. I was delighted to be ordained a deacon, which is the last step between, before becoming a priest. But then it all fell apart.

As a senior in high school, I had a strong sense that God wanted me in some kind of ministry.

You go through stages where you wonder whether you are Christ, or just looking for him.

I trained to be a priest - started to. I went to seminary school when I was 11. I wanted to be a priest, but when they told me I could never have sex, not even on my birthday, I changed my mind.

I wanted to be a priest when I was a kid.

If you're losing your soul and you know it, then you've still got a soul left to lose.

I'm always in a place that is sincere but conflicted about different things that come with being a Christian and being an active, churchgoing Christian.

I was raised Catholic in Rockford, Illinois. But I'm not a practicing Catholic anymore. Oh God, no.

In spite of my surroundings, of my education, I had no love for God.

I want to talk about God in a literary way. But I think I would have a very hard time praying to God.

I believe God takes the things in our lives - family, background, education - and uses them as part of his calling. It might not be to become a pastor. But I don't think God wastes anything.

I am deeply Catholic and always will be, but I'm no longer a member of the church. I left in 2003 because of the sex abuse scandal.

No, I've never truly been a minister.

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.