But You never reject a repentant and humble heart.

The past is no longer yours; the future is not yet in your power. You have only the present wherein to do good.

He who trusts himself is lost. He who trusts in God can do all things.

Acquire the habit of speaking to God as if you were alone with Him, familiarly and with confidence and love, as to the dearest and most loving of friends.

Your God is ever beside you - indeed, He is even within you.

There is a practice that is most powerful in keeping us united with God. That practice is the constant recollection of His presence.

He who wishes to find Jesus should seek Him, not in the delights and pleasures of the world, but in mortification of the senses.

When we have to reply to anyone who has insulted us, we should be careful to do it always with gentleness. A soft answer extinguishes the fire of wrath.

What grieves me most in my past offenses, O my loving God, is not so much the punishment I have deserved, as the displeasure I have given You, Who are worthy of infinite love.

True charity consists in doing good to those who do us evil, and in thus winning them over.

There is no one, after God, who loves us as much as this most loving Mother does.

Most people live lives that are full of mysteries, lives whose ultimate purpose we may never really understand. But for the sake of serenity, we must believe in life’s nobleness.

the world was in the hands of those who had courage to dream and to realize their dreams

Honesty is not always the bestpolicy when it hurts theperson you care about themost and pushes them away.

Connected knowers do not measure other people's words by some impersonal standard. Their purpose is not to judge but to understand.

I believe that thinking about the problem … is your problem.

We would frequently be ashamed of our good deeds if people saw all of the motives that produced them.

If you do the best work you can, the reward is ultimately your self-satisfaction - the sense that you have done the best you can. And then there's that piece of how others respond.

We all have to be concerned about terrorism, but you will never end terrorism by terrorizing others.

You must give before you can get.

...lest too light winning make the prize light.