A good Christian cannot be a bad husband or father and, as this is equally true in everything, he who has the most piety will shine the most in all the relationships of life.

You cannot be too active as regards your own efforts; you cannot be too dependent as regards Divine grace. Do every thing as if God did nothing; depend upon God as if He did everything.

Afflictions tend to wean us from the world - and to fix our affections on things above.

We are not saved by nations or by churches or by families, but as individuals, through a personal interest in a personal Saviour.

Holiness is happiness; and the more you have of the former, the more you will undoubtedly enjoy of the latter.

The inquirer after holiness should associate with those whose intelligence will instruct him; whose example will guide him; whose conversation will inspire him; whose cautions will warn him.

We're all golden sunflowers inside.

Nobody knows the aftermath.

Admit it. You can't have everything. You can't do everything. You can't be everywhere. You are not omnipotent, you are mortal.

Suffering is inevitable. It is part of the human condition. It is written in the human script.

we're thieves, we're rats. We know when to fight and when to run.

I'm not much into rear window ethics.

Now I also discipline myself to do things I love to do when I don't want to do them

I think that in the end, the people are not fooled by promotion. They want to know that something works and is right.

We, who are the living, possess the past. Tomorrow is for our martyrs.

They never predict anything fun," Granuaile answered. "Just once I'd like to hear a prophet tell someone, 'Thou shalt win a bitchin' Camaro on a game show.