At communion we ought to ask for the remedy of the vice to which we feel ourselves most inclined.

Cast yourself into the arms of God and be very sure that if he wants anything of you, He will fit you for the work and give you strength.

A joyful heart is more easily made perfect than a downcast one.

The best way to prepare for death is to spend every day of life as though it were the last.

To preserve our cheerfulness amid sicknesses and troubles, is a sign of a right and good spirit.

First let a little love find entrance into their hearts, and the rest will follow.

There is nothing the devil fears so much, or so much tries to hinder, as prayer.

The Lord grants in a moment what we may have been unable to obtain in dozens of years.

The greatness of our love of God must be tested by the desire we have of suffering for His love.

He who is unable to spend a long time together in prayer, should often lift up his mind to God by short prayers.

The cross is the gift God gives to his friends.

When the sun shines, there seems to be much more dust in the air.Dirt can only be seen and properly removed by flooding it with white light

Each person does see the world in a different way. There is not a single, unifying, objective truth. We're all limited by our perspective.

she got a reputation for an easy smile and a sharp tongue, and using one to balance the other, she seemed friendly but distant

A man is sometimes better off deceived about the one he loves, than undeceived.

You slam the bottom and either walk away or suck it up and get through it.

How exciting is it to come to work if the best you can do is trounce some other company that does roughly the same thing?

It takes discipline and compassion to awaken the divine in ourselves long enough to recognize the divine in another.

There is a great beauty in every language and there is a great language in every beauty! Be silent and listen to them!

Before I left Russia in 1999, I was living in a very poor factory town with my family and friends, and nothing was ever going to change.

You [Jews] did slay Christ, you did lift violent hands against the Master, you did spill his precious blood. This is why you have no chance for atonement, excuse, or defense.