A great means to preserve continual peace and tranquillity of soul is to receive everything from the hands of God, both great and small, and in whatever way it comes.

If we have true love with sympathy and patient labor, we shall not go about scrutinizing our neighbor's shortcomings.

The more one is united to his neighbor the more he is united to God.

Conscience is called the adversary, because it always opposes our evil will; it reminds us of what we ought to do but do not, and condemns us if we do something we ought not.

Let us be convinced that nothing can happen to us apart from the providence of God.

The devil loves and always rejoices over the ungoverned; those who are not subject to one who has power, under God, to help them and to give them a hand.

The grace of God comes swiftly to the soul when endurance is no longer possible.

In the measure that we pay attention and take care to carry out what we hear, God will always enlighten us and make us understand His will.

In the mercy of God, the little thing done with humility will enable us to be found in the same place as the saints who have labored much and been true servants of God.

Even if we cannot endure much labor because we are weak let us be set on humbling ourselves.

It took him a while to figure out that gaining an audience was not the same thing as gaining friends.

Avoid using cigarettes, alcohol, and drugs as alternatives to being an interesting person.

The aim of being a good designer is to have an influence. If you design furniture or lifestyle, you should influence the way people evolve globally. It's good to have an influence.

You have to keep evolving.

If I never wake again, I certainly will have lived while I was alive.

Net the large fish and you are sure to have the small fry.

Love is a matter of give and take -- marriage, a matter of misgive and mistake.

Certain faults are necessary for the existence of the individual. We would resent it if old friends were to get rid of certain peculiarities.

Working with a great director is wonderful for an actor because it means that you're not forced to take the advice of an idiot.

But when you come from a large, wonderful family, there's always a way to achieve your goals.