Feet were made, not given for dancing, but to walk modestly, not to leap impudently like camels.

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.

Dope will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no dope.

Legislators are interested in their pet projects, getting re-elected, and popularity contests.

I continue to believe that if children are given the necessary tools to succeed, they will succeed beyond their wildest dreams!

I love Germany so much that I preferred when there were two.

Compassion for ourselves gives rise to the power to transform resentment into forgiveness, hatred into friendliness, and fear into respect for all beings.

We have to raise the consciousness; the only way poets can change the world is to raise the consciousness of the general populace.

My dad fought in Korea. It was one of the first stories I remember hearing about.

I take the subway to work. I love mass transportation.

A fool cannot be an actor, though an actor may act a fool's part.