A dancer differeth from a madman only in length of time; one is mad so long as he liveth, the other while he danceth.

The past is no longer yours; the future is not yet in your power. You have only the present wherein to do good.

He who trusts himself is lost. He who trusts in God can do all things.

Acquire the habit of speaking to God as if you were alone with Him, familiarly and with confidence and love, as to the dearest and most loving of friends.

Your God is ever beside you - indeed, He is even within you.

There is a practice that is most powerful in keeping us united with God. That practice is the constant recollection of His presence.

He who wishes to find Jesus should seek Him, not in the delights and pleasures of the world, but in mortification of the senses.

When we have to reply to anyone who has insulted us, we should be careful to do it always with gentleness. A soft answer extinguishes the fire of wrath.

What grieves me most in my past offenses, O my loving God, is not so much the punishment I have deserved, as the displeasure I have given You, Who are worthy of infinite love.

True charity consists in doing good to those who do us evil, and in thus winning them over.

There is no one, after God, who loves us as much as this most loving Mother does.

It's important to collect unusual characters. It keeps you sharp.

The moral of Snow White is never eat apples.

It doesn't have to be pretty. It has to be meaningful.

--then on the shore Of the wide world I stand alone, and think Till love and fame to nothingness do sink.

When I see these guys write all this macho stuff I want to smash their heads.

To Perl , or not to Perl, that is the kvetching.

If you can read and don't, you're dumb.

I write for somebody who has my own limitations. My reader has a certain difficulty with concentrating, which in my case comes from being a film viewer.

I don't want to hurt anybody or be offensive. But I don't want to not be me.

The fruit of your work grows on other people's trees