As long as you set yourself up as a little god to which you must be loyal there will be those who will delight to offer affront to your idol.

The heart of the world is breaking under this load of pride and pretense. There is no release from our burden apart from the meekness of Christ.

To have found God and still to pursue Him is the soul’s paradox of love.

God never hurries. There are no deadlines against which he must work. Only to know this is to quiet our spirits and relax our nerves.

We need never shout across the spaces to an absent God. He is nearer than our own soul, closer than our most secret thoughts

The world is perishing for lack of the knowledge of God and the Church is famishing for want of His Presence.

If I understand this correctly Christ taught here the alarming doctrine that the desire for honor among men made belief impossible.

Always, everywhere God is present, and always He seeks to discover Himself to each one

You can see God from anywhere if your mind is set to love and obey Him.

Let us practice the fine art of making every work a priestly ministration. Let us believe that God is in all our simple deeds and learn to find Him there.

What a broad world to roam in, what a sea to swim in is this God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.

The past attracts me, the present frightens me, because the future is death.

Poets have been mysteriously silent on the subject of cheese.

If you've never been hated by your child, you've never been a parent.

The best client is a scared millionaire.

Reflect that in reality you have a greater need to serve [the poor] than they have of your service.

Going out with other actors is never good; actresses are neurotic, and actors are horrendous egotists.

Whatever I hold in my mind tends to manifest itself in my life. What we believe and assume creates most of our reality and our experience.

Most fishing rods work better if you grasp them at the thick end. If you grasp a fisherman at the thick end, you may get a thumb bit off.

The trick to education is to teach people in such a way that they don’t realize they’re learning until it’s too late.

People are always shouting they want to create a better future. It's not true. The future is an apathetic void of no interest to anyone.