For Christians, the first of books is the Gospel and the Rosary is actually the abridgement of the Gospel.

It is not genius, nor glory, nor love that reflects the greatness of the human soul; it is kindness.

In relations between the rich and the strong, between the rich and the poor, between the master and the servant, it's liberty that grinds down, and the law which liberates.

Only three things are necessary to make life happy: the blessing of God, books , and a friend.

Love is the beginning, the middle, and the end of everything.

Duty is the grandest of ideas, because it implies the idea of God, of the soul, of liberty, of responsibility, of immortality.

Neither genius, fame, nor love show the greatness of the soul. Only kindness can do that.

The inner life is the whole man, and forms all the worth of man.

The Church had the words reason and liberty on her lips when the inalienable rights of the human race were threatened with shipwreck.

After speech, silence is the greatest power in the world.

Nothing is achieved without solitude.

I have learned to find happiness not by possessing wealth and splendor but by giving it away for mankind.

Beneath the armor of skin/and/bone/and/mind most of our colors are amazingly the same.

It is a public financing system that everybody knows is antiquated. It no longer works. Nobody can become president based on that system.

What scoundrels we would be if we did for ourselves what we are ready to do for Italy.

Forgiveness is essential as the ultimate detox

There can be in the eyes of God no distinction between man and man, even as there is no distinction between animal and animal.

Each acoustic guitar has its own character and personality. On a particular day, I might pick one up and start noodling around, looking for some emotional content in the chords.

I needed to grow up and do things all adults do. It was time to stop having everything spoon fed to me. It was about being independent.

The truth is not being aired in the West. It’s a surreal perversion of history that’s going on once again, as in Bush pre-Iraq ‘WMD’ campaign.

Ordinary people can bring about change.