Affliction strengthens the vigor of our soul, whereas happiness weakens it.

The proof of love is in the works. Where love exists, it works great things. But when it ceases to act, it ceases to exist.

To do penance is to bewail the evil we have done, and to do no evil to bewail.

If the work of God could be comprehended by reason, it would no longer be wonderful, and faith would have no merit if reason provided proof.

We make Idols of our concepts, but Wisdom is born of wonder

The universe is not rich enough to buy the vote of an honest man.

Ignorance is a dangerous and spiritual poison, which all men ought warily to shun.

You don't climb a mountain in leaps and bounds, but by taking it slowly.

The Bible is a stream of running water, where alike the elephant may swim, and the lamb walk without losing its feet.

The holy universal Church teaches that it is not possible to worship God truly except in Her and asserts that all who are outside of Her will not be saved.

You cannot acquire the gift of peace if by your anger you destroy the peace of the Lord.

Of all the things you said I couldn't doforgetting you has been the easiest...

A heavy guilt rests upon us for what the whites of all nations have done to the colored peoples. When we do good to them, it is not benevolence--it is atonement.

One swallow does not make a summer, but one skein of geese, cleaving the murk of March thaw, is the Spring.

She didn't know a lot about politics – yet – but she'd learned enough in her history classes to know politics could always be counted on to make a bad situation worse.

...every monologue sooner or later becomes a discussion.

We were meant to influence the world, not have the world influence us.

Meteors are not needed less than mountains: shine, perishing republic.

When you feel strain, keep your mouth shut if you can.

When I grew up I always wanted to act. Also, I wanted to be either a lawyer or a doctor. However, when I got to college and realized what those occupations entailed, I changed my mind real quick.

The mind is the source of all experience, and by changing the direction of the mind, we can change the quality of everything we experience.