Est autem fides sperandarum substantia rerum, argumentum non apparentium. – Faith is the hypostasis of things hoped for; the proof of things not seen.

The world promises you comfort, but you were not made for comfort. You were made for greatness.

Truth is not determined by a majority vote.

It is the beautiful task of Advent to awaken in all of us memories of goodness and thus to open doors of hope.

The cross reminds us that there is no true love without suffering, there is no gift of life without pain.

If we allow the love of Christ to change our heart, then we can change the world. This is the secret of authentic happiness.

We were looking for a 'good shepherd,' and instead we got a German shepherd.

I have a mustard seed; and I am not afraid to use it.

Each of us is the result of a thought of God. Each of us is willed. Each of us is loved. Each of us is necessary.

Look at the face of the other... discover that he has a soul, a history and a life, that he is a person and that God loves this person.

We are moving toward a dictatorship of relativism which does not recognize anything as for certain and which has as its highest goal one's own ego and one's own desires.

Working with Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson takes you up another level.

I feel like Bush presidencies are like "Godfather" films. You should stop at two.

When you can state the theme of a story, when you can separate it from the story itself, then you can be sure the story is not a very good one.

The church is like a swimming pool. Most of the noise comes from the shallow end.

Sometimes, you promise someone forever, but it doesn't work that way.

You don't need to change the world; you need to change yourself.

The thing about lucid dreams is that it's not like the real world where you are constrained by all sorts of things, including the laws of physics - you can do magic.

I started acting when I was 5, and it was always a part of my life. My life and acting weren't separate things; they were always one.

The digital process gives me total control over how I want the film to look. The films look like they did when I was first looking through the viewfinder.

I'm a huge Disney nut. I have been since I was a little kid.