Custom, though never so ancient, without truth, is but an old error.

Be constantly committed to prayer or to reading [Scripture]; by praying, you speak to God, in reading, God speaks to you.

May all Christians be found worthy of either the pure white crown of a holy life or the royal red crown of martyrdom.

This supernatural bread and this consecrated chalice are for the health and salvation of mankind.

No one is strong in his own strength, but he is safe by the grace and mercy of God.

In proportion to the size of the vessel of faith, brought by us to the Lord, is the measure we draw out of His overflowing grace.

If He prayed who was without sin, how much more it becometh a sinner to pray!

If a murder is committed privately it is considered a crime. But if it happens with the authority of the state, they call it courage.

Custom is often only the antiquity of error.

He [Christ] protects their faith and gives strength to believers in proportion to the trust that each man who receives that strength is willing to place in him.

For the helmsman is recognized in the tempest; in the warfare the soldier is proved.

True friendship has no checks or balances. Once someone starts Keeping Score, the game is over.

If what we think of ourselves were true, the planet would overflow with geniuses.

Christmas is joy, religious joy, an inner joy of light and peace.

I think everybody had difficulties with that dynamic, turning the family into a band and being constantly together. So everybody, as individuals. had things to sort out.

I find it so amazing when people tell me that electronic music has no soul. You can't blame the computer. If there's no soul in the music, it's because nobody put it there.

It has long been a theory of mine and I am known, if I do say so, for my long theories that authors, generally speaking, are rotten letter writers.

Peace as a positive condition of society, not merely as an interim between wars, is something so unknown that it casts no images on the mind's screen.

Would people applaud me if I was a good plumber?

I don't walk around with fear. I walk around with strength. I believe in cause and effect.

Eat with consciousness. When you eat with consciousness, and you know what you're eating, and you eat it in full appreciation of what it is, it's enormously satisfying.