As long as the vice of gluttony has a hold on a man, all that he has done valiantly is forfeited by him: and as long as the belly is unrestrained, all virtue comes to naught.

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.

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

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.

I only know everything if you ask the right questions.

If only they would not look at one so-What great misery can be in two such small spots, no bigger than a man's thumb-in their eyes!

Oh simple thing, where have you gone? I'm getting old and I need something to rely on So tell me when you're gonna let me in I'm getting tired and I need somewhere to begin

To be sitting on the bench behind somebody who only started to play when he was 30 is not funny.

Laziness is the one divine fragment of a godlike existence left to man from paradise.

And I think that's why I was going to be a musician. I was very rebellious. And I didn't want to be an actor. My father used to say to me you should be an actor if you want to be in the arts.

I did it once in high school - I was Sandy in Grease - and I decided then that I would never do it again. I've felt that way for years, and that's no bullshit.

By rescuing the financial system without reforming it, Washington has done nothing to protect us from a new crisis, and, in fact, has made another crisis more likely.

When we say "Thy will be done," do we say it with a sigh? If so, we have never realized that the character of God is holy love; nothing can ever happen outside His purposeful will.

Donald Trump always puts himself first.