Above all, the state of grace is absolutely necessary at the moment of death; without it, salvation and supernatural happiness the beatific vision of God - are impossible.

To separate tabernacle from altar is to separate two things which by their origin and nature should remain united.

The day the Church abandons Her universal tongue will be the day before She returns to the Catecombs.

The faith of the Church is this: That one and identical is the Word of God and the Son of Mary Who suffered on the Cross, Who is present in the Eucharist, and Who rules in Heaven

To live without risk is to risk not living.

To desire grace without recourse to the Virgin Mother is to desire to fly without wings.

True science discovers God in an ever-increasing degree — as though God were waiting behind every door opened by science.

True Christianity today is not different from primitive Christianity ... She remains what she has been since her foundation: always the same.

There is no surer means of calling down God's blessing upon the family than the daily recitation of the Rosary.

It is absolutely necessary that the Christian community be subject in all things to the Sovereign Pontiff if it wishes to be a part of the divinely-established society founded by our Redeemer.

You lose nothing through peace. You can lose everything through war.

Sentimentality is a quality that rarely has the slightest influence on action.

God's grace will not take you where it cannot keep you.

Some people are so busy learning the tricks of the trade that they never learn the trade.

Injuries too well remembered cannot heal.

Few people will appreciate the music if I just show them the notes. Most of us need to [hear it].

In the inner stillness where meditation leads, the Spirit secretly anoints the soul and heals our deepest wounds.

Are you a producer or a looter? If diversity were always and everywhere good we would be clamoring for more midgets in the NBA.

There was no one near to confuse me, so I was forced to become original.

Turns out we've been eating the wrong things...since the dawn of civilisation

Passion mutates into procedures, into rules and roles. Instead of purpose, we focus on policies. Instead of being free to create, we impose constraints that squeeze the life out of us.