Every vocation becomes more agreeable when united with devotion.

What we need is a cup of understanding, a barrel of love, and an ocean of patience.

Half an hour's meditation each day is essential, except when you are busy. Then a full hour is needed.

Great occasions for serving God come seldom, but little ones surround us daily.

Anxiety is the greatest evil that can befall a soul, except sin. God commands you to pray, but He forbids you to worry.

Faith is like a bright ray of sun light. It enables us to see God in all things as well as all things in God.

Have patience with all things, But, first of all with yourself.

I have made a pact with my tongue, not to speak when my heart is disturbed.

Let us think only of spending the present day well. Then when tomorrow shall have come, it will be called today, and then we will think about it.

Nothing is so strong as gentleness, nothing so gentle as real strength.

Never be in a hurry; do everything quietly and in a calm spirit. Do not lose your inner peace for anything whatsoever, even if your whole world seems upset.

Trust means that they will never throw our pain and vulnerabilities in our face. Trust means we know they will protect us and our innermost thoughts and shared feelings without question.

In school you are taught a Lesson then given a Test but In Life you are given a Test that teaches you a Lesson

A whole album to one writer - now that would be really interesting.

I didn't like the idea of being foolish, but I learned pretty soon that it was essential to fail and be foolish.

Sometimes I do need to go to karaoke, sometimes I need to relax.

Great news for someone is always bad news for someone else

Tell the truth and make it rhyme

Life is what we are alive to.

A people without children would face a hopeless future; a country without trees is almost as helpless.

Work can only be universal if it is rooted in a part of its creator which is most privately and particularly himself.