Eternity will not be long enough to learn all he is, or to praise him for all he has done, but then, that matters not; for we shall be always with him, and we desire nothing more.

Kindness has converted more sinners than either zeal, eloquence, or learning; and these three last have never converted any.

The great fact is, that life is a service. The only question is, "Whom will we serve?

Every moment of resistance to temptation is a victory.

There is a grace of kind listening, as well as a grace of kind speaking.

There are no disappointments to those whose wills are buried in the will of God.

Remember that if the opportunities for great deeds should never come, the opportunities for good deeds are renewed day by day. The thing for us to long for is the goodness, not the glory.

Kind words are the music of the world. They have a power which seems to be beyond natural causes, as if they were some angel's song which had lost its way and come to earth.

Many a friendship - long, loyal, and self-sacrificing - rested at first upon no thicker a foundation than a kind word.

Deep theology is the best fuel of devotion; it readily catches fire, and once kindled it burns long.

Holiness is an unselfing of ourselves.

Man is the highest essence of man, hence with the categorical imperative to overthrow all relations in which man is a debased, enslaved, abandoned, despicable essence.

I have a lot of sympathy for young people because I realize how disturbed I was. How would I deal with life in the future? What would I do for a living?

For the movie review columns, I always knew exactly what I was going to write about - the movies.

In Ireland, I don't get asked out much. English boys are a lot more flirty.

Human faces are such a world!

I'd like to do one of those jumps they do in the movies; in a car, over a bridge, in the air with a huge explosion. It would be a final moment of entertainment.

I believe every guitar player inherently has something unique about their playing. They just have to identify what makes them different and develop it.

I have great ambitions for when I get out of government. I will watch a broader range of stuff.

I wasn't paying enough attention to what my heart was telling me. When I paid attention and got the message, I could move forward and heal.

I didn't have a normal childhood by any means. But it was what it was, and I appreciate what my parents did for me.