Even if we stand at the very summit of virtue, it is by mercy that we shall be saved.

If you cannot find Christ in the beggar at the church door, you will not find Him in the chalice.

Prayer is the place of refuge for every worry, a foundation for cheerfulness, a source of constant happiness, a protection against sadness.

Not to share our own wealth with the poor is theft from the poor and deprivation of their means of life; we do not possess our own wealth, but theirs.

No matter how just your words may be, when you speak with anger, you ruin all: no matter how boldly you speak, how fairly reprove, or what not.

When you are weary of praying, and do not receive, consider how often you have heard a poor man calling, and have not listened to him.

The road to Hell is paved with the bones of priests and monks, and the skulls of bishops are the lamp posts that light the path.

To destroy the fetus 'is something worse than murder.' The one who does this 'does not take away life that has already been born, but prevents it from being born.'

There is nothing colder than a Christian who does not seek to save others.

The bee is more honored than other animals, not because she labors, but because she labors for others.

I am a Christian. He who answers thus has declared everything at once-his country, profession, family; the believer belongs to no city on earth but to the heavenly Jerusalem.

You and those shot-glass eyes, deep swirling pools of 80-proof firewater, with the depth and profundity of Saturn’s spinning pulsars…

Believe in your character. Animate (or write) with sincerity.

People show you who they are, not by what they say, but by what they do.

People die, and everything they've ever said just echoes around and around. There's nothing new. Only the same nonsense from their lives.

No one's really happy anyway, it's not human.

Growing up, my favorite TV show was Star Trek

You need to find the power within to make [things] happen for yourself. When you realize this, you are unstoppable.

I don't listen to music for fun. I ain't got enough time for fun! I'm always busy writing my own music. I don't try to compete or see what other people are doing.

No love of the natural heart is safe unless the human heart has been satisfied by God FIRST

If you try to impress an alarm clock, it will simply tell you the time.