God inclines to shower His graces upon us, but our perverted will is a barrier to His generosity.

Whatever you are doing, that which makes you feel the most alive...that is where God is.

Pray as if God will take care of all; act as if all is up to you.

All the things in this world are gifts of God, created for us, to be the means by which we can come to know him better, love him more surely, and serve him more faithfully.

For those who believe, no proof is necessary. For those who disbelieve, no amount of proof is sufficient.

He who carries God in his heart bears Heaven with him wherever he goes.

He who goes about to reform the world must begin with himself, or he loses his labor.

It is not hard to obey when we love the one whom we obey.

Love ought to show itself in deeds more than in words.

To conquer himself is the greatest victory that man can gain.

Let us work as if success depended upon ourselves alone, but with heartfelt conviction that we are doing nothing, and God everything.

The most beautiful smile is the one for someone who isn’t there, who just popped on your mind.

Happiness is a sort of action.

The sonatas of Mozart are unique; they are too easy for children, and too difficult for artists.

I see only a little, lady, but I know that your fortune is as twined with his as the ivy to the oak.

Men are ready to suffer anything from others or from heaven itself, provided that, when it comes to words, they are untouched.

There are many families where the whole interest of life is centered upon the dog.

Wherever there is a number, there is beauty.

No more words. Hear only the voice within.

I'm like a mosquito, I love humidity. I don't sweat.

This life is yours. Take the power to choose what you want to do and do it well.