A judicious silence is always better than truth spoken without charity.

What we need is a cup of understanding, a barrel of love, and an ocean of patience.

Half an hour's meditation each day is essential, except when you are busy. Then a full hour is needed.

Great occasions for serving God come seldom, but little ones surround us daily.

Anxiety is the greatest evil that can befall a soul, except sin. God commands you to pray, but He forbids you to worry.

Faith is like a bright ray of sun light. It enables us to see God in all things as well as all things in God.

Have patience with all things, But, first of all with yourself.

I have made a pact with my tongue, not to speak when my heart is disturbed.

Let us think only of spending the present day well. Then when tomorrow shall have come, it will be called today, and then we will think about it.

Nothing is so strong as gentleness, nothing so gentle as real strength.

Never be in a hurry; do everything quietly and in a calm spirit. Do not lose your inner peace for anything whatsoever, even if your whole world seems upset.

If you're a square peg in a society full of round holes, it's time to change the playing board.

We are all materialistic. There are different levels of materialism! Some aspire to a fancy car, others only wish to go to bed at night with a full stomach.

New legislation has just been adopted by the International Labour Organization on the Worst Forms of Child Labor, such as bonded labour, prostitution and hazardous work.

Also, when you escape a Communist regime, you treasure liberty and you understand that as government and state expand, liberty must contract.

I keep a little notebook of things that I can do to the zombies that might be silly and fun.

Every time you use the phrase all my life it has a different meaning.

If I'd lived in Roman times, I'd have lived in Rome. Where else? Today America is the Roman Empire and New York is Rome itself.

Yet earth has never child she may not slay, Nor sea a lover that she cannot kill.

In creating the Harry Potter artwork, I try to bring a certain amount of realism and believability to the characters and setting, but still add an element of wonder and the unknown.

There's nothing like sitting back and talking to your cows.