Being our best involves walking away from every situation with less than what we had when we encountered it because we left something behind in the exchange.

We ask, ‘Why the need for God?’ Maybe the better question is ‘Why the need not to need Him?’ And could it be that that question in fact evidences our need for Him?

You are not made in ‘your image’. You are, in fact, made in ‘God’s image’. Therefore, which one are you looking for when you look in the mirror?

If I’ve prayed, I never have to worry about being the first one to show up.

In the end, if we don't have God we don't have anything other than an end.

The darkness that follows a sunset is never so dark that it can change the inevitability of a sunrise.

Faith is rare because fear is rampant. For faith will demand that I step into places that fear itself fears to go.

Forgiveness allows the burdens that we carry to become the histories that we forget.

When we choose to stay down, we are in reality confusing wisdom with cowardice. When we choose to stand back up, we are using wisdom to overcome cowardice.

I can arrogantly brag that the doors I choose in life open wide and grant me unobstructed passage. But the widest doors tend to lead to the worst places.

A compass calibrated by my greed is a rather shrewd way to legitimize my agenda. However, true north on a compass such as this is a straight line to the edge of a really big cliff.

The sadness of the incomplete, the sadness that is often Life, but should never be Art.

The heretic is always better dead. And mortal eyes cannot distinguish the saint from the heretic.

If there isn't a parking space out front or I can't see my car from the window, we're eating somewhere else.

Respect was earned, not demanded, but dignity was taught by example.

I'd rather make one righteous dollar on my level Than make a million dollars spittin' rhymes for the devil.

Probably the biggest compliment someone can give you is, "Gosh, you look great. You don't look tired."

Don't be afraid to go to the Sacrament of Confession, where you will meet Jesus who forgives you.

Sarcasm doesn't appear to work on him. If that's true, I'm in trouble: It's my normal mode of communication.

When I had forgotten God, yet I then found He had not forgotten me. Even then He did by His Spirit apply the merits of the great atonement to my soul, by telling me that Christ died for me.

Just to confirm to all my followers I have had a hair transplant. I was going bald at 25 why not.