Before the sin, Satan assures us that it is of no consequence; after the sin, he persuades us that it is unforgivable.

Moral principles do not depend on a majority vote. Wrong is wrong, even if everybody is wrong. Right is right, even if nobody is right.

There are not one hundred people in the United States who hate The Catholic Church, but there are millions who hate what they wrongly perceive the Catholic Church to be.

Patience is power. Patience is not an absence of action; rather it is "timing" it waits on the right time to act, for the right principles and in the right way.

Civilization is always in danger when those who have never learned to obey are given the right to command.

Prayer begins by talking to God, but it ends by listening to Him. In the face of Absolute Truth, silence is the soul's language.

God does not love us because we are valuable. We are valuable because God loves us.

The greatest love story of all time is contained in a tiny white Host.

A Catholic may sin and sin as badly as anyone else, but no genuine Catholic ever denies he is a sinner. A Catholic wants his sins forgiven - not excused or sublimated.

If you do not live what you believe, you will end up believing what you live.

There is no word more "dangerous" than liberalism, because to oppose it is the new "unforgivable sin."

Scratch a cynic and you will find a disappointed romantic.

Responsibilities are relative. My responsibility is to a character in a script, to a part I'm playing.

There's nothing worth photographing more than 100 yards from the car

Our most natural state is joy. It is the foundation for love, compassion, healing, and the desire to alleviate suffering.

With spirit we are all children of the cosmos; Without it we are orphaned and adrift.

It's a lot of luck and being in the right place at the right time, that's what I think. Obviously you need to be noticed by people to be given the opportunities, and I think you do have to work hard.

It is Christmas every time you let God love others through you.

Seeking happiness in material things is a sure way of being unhappy.

I keep very weird hours. I never know when I'm going to get an idea.

I do have a bit of a garden, and I'd love a hovercraft to get around it - one of the big four-seater ones with the fan on the back.