An apostolic missionary must have both heart and tongue ablaze with charity.

Christian perfection consists in three things: praying heroically, working heroically, and suffering heroically.

Although the sinner does not believe in Hell, he shall nevertheless go there if he has the misfortune to die in mortal sin.

I will be kind to everybody, particularly to those whom I find troublesome.

When people love and recite the Rosary they find it makes them better.

Lord, by the words of consecration the substance of the bread and wine is converted into the substance of your Body and Blood. All powerful Lord, say over me the word which will change me into You.

A son of the Immaculate Heart of Mary...is a man who unceasingly expends himself to light the fire of divine love in the world. Nothing stops him.

Our Lord has created persons for all states in life, and in all of them we see people who who achieved sanctity by fulfilling their obligations well.

Intelligence is the ability of a species to live in harmony with its environment.

I congratulate you, my brave countrymen and fellow soldiers, on the spirit and success with which you have executed this important part of our enterprise.

All real capitalisms are impure hybrids, mongrels mixed with other strains.

The ear of the bridled horse is in the mouth.

How right that the body changed over time, becoming a gallery of scars, a canvas of experience, a testament to life and one's capacity to endure it.

Sometimes I make my life a living hell by writing complex stories with complex characters. But I love it.

My religion has no geographical limits.

My after forty face felt far more comfortable than anything I lived with previously.

I've never lost a grown-up child, but I have known loss.

People need heroes, in music and every aspect of life.