A man's readiness and commitment are not enough if he does not enjoy help from above as well; equally help from above is no benefit to us unless there is also commitment and readiness on our part.

If you cannot find Christ in the beggar at the church door, you will not find Him in the chalice.

Prayer is the place of refuge for every worry, a foundation for cheerfulness, a source of constant happiness, a protection against sadness.

Not to share our own wealth with the poor is theft from the poor and deprivation of their means of life; we do not possess our own wealth, but theirs.

No matter how just your words may be, when you speak with anger, you ruin all: no matter how boldly you speak, how fairly reprove, or what not.

When you are weary of praying, and do not receive, consider how often you have heard a poor man calling, and have not listened to him.

The road to Hell is paved with the bones of priests and monks, and the skulls of bishops are the lamp posts that light the path.

To destroy the fetus 'is something worse than murder.' The one who does this 'does not take away life that has already been born, but prevents it from being born.'

There is nothing colder than a Christian who does not seek to save others.

The bee is more honored than other animals, not because she labors, but because she labors for others.

I am a Christian. He who answers thus has declared everything at once-his country, profession, family; the believer belongs to no city on earth but to the heavenly Jerusalem.

Marriage is a fine institution, but I'm not ready for an institution.

He must become an apprentice to ordinary life.

Nico was wrong. The Book of Fate isn't already written. It's written every day.Some scars never heal.Then again, some do.

My bodyguard was mowing the lawn in a pink bikini when the body fell from the sky.

Christians call it the "Sacrifice of Isaac," and Jews call it the "Binding of Isaac."

I want to do something that nobody has done before me. And I want to do it in such a way that nobody will forget me for it.

If what they are saying about you is true, mend your ways. If it isn't true, forget it, and go on and serve the Lord.

If you would not be known to do anything, never do it.

I know what I can do and what I'm able to accomplish.

I think there is something, more important than believing: Action! The world is full of dreamers, there aren't enough who will move ahead and begin to take concrete steps to actualize their vision.