He who does not love sinners cannot pray aright for them.

The Word of God is like a lion. You don't have to defend a lion. All you have to do is let the lion loose, and the lion will defend itself.

A time will come when instead of shepherds feeding the sheep, the church will have clowns entertaining the goats

Whatever a man depends upon, whatever rules his mind, whatever governs his affections, whatever is the chief object of his delight, is his god.

The Bible is not the light of the world, it is the light of the Church. But the world does not read the Bible, the world reads Christians! “You are the light of the world.”

You will never know the fullness of Christ until you know the emptiness of everything but Christ.

If any man thinks ill of you, do not be angry with him, for you are worse than he thinks you to be.

I believe that one reason why the church of God at this present moment has so little influence over the world is because the world has so much influence over the church.

My faith rests not in what I am, or shall be, or feel, or know, but in what Christ is, in what he has done, and in what he is doing for me.

It is not a matter of time so much as a matter of heart; if you have the heart to pray, you will find the time.

There must be a divorce between you and sin, or there can be no marriage between you and Christ.

It's painful and it's messy. But sometimes you just have to make the break and start again.

One of the risks of appearing in public is the likelihood of being photographed.

Whether you come from heaven or hell, what does it matter, O Beauty!

Without your involvement you can't succeed. With your involvement you can't fail.

The perfect integrity of The NewYork Times, and its writers, is not precisely 'just silly nonsense,'

The key to life is to become skillful enough to be able to do rewarding things.

A healthy dialogue is always good.

I don't see how a young American can vote for, well, can vote for a Democrat.

You cannot lose your real treasure.

The Mass-and I mean every single Mass-is heaven on earth. Literally.