Fly from bad companions as from the bite of a poisonous snake.

Do not try to excuse your faults; try to correct them

We do not go to Holy Communion because we are good; we go to become good.

Whatever you do, think of the Glory of God as your main goal.

Enjoy yourself as much as you like - if only you keep from sin.

Run, jump, shout, but do not sin.

Be good. This will make your angel happy. When sorrows and misfortunes, physical or spiritual, afflict you, turn to your guardian angel with strong trust and he will help you.

The power of evil men lives on the cowardice of the good.

The principle trap that the devil sets for young people is idleness.

Only God knows the good that can come about by reading one good Catholic book.

Ask your angel to console and assist you in your last moments.

It’s probably unfair to expect the world at large, or even most people, to see us for all we are. It is essential, however, that we see ourselves for all we are. (413)

In a world where billions believe their deity conceived a mortal child with a virgin human, it's stunning how little imagination most people display.

Contrary to the general belief about photography, you don't need bright sunlight: the best moodiest pictures are taken in the dim light of almost dusk, or of rainy days.

Needless to say, I'll be buying my Irwin Tools at Lowe's.

That grief is the most durable which flows inward, and buries its streams with its fountain, in the depths of the heart.

Where the light is brightest, the shadows are deepest.

But it's not about knowing. It is simply about going forward.

Art gives me the freedom I don't have when I make music.

Painting transports me into another dimension which, quite literally, refreshes parts of the soul which other activities can't reach.

The attempt is to kill the false "I", so that the real "I", the Lord, will reign. "I the Lord thy God am a jealous God. Thou shalt have no other gods before me," say the Hebrew scriptures.