He who sows courtesy reaps friendship.

A tree is known by its fruit; a man by his deeds. A good deed is never lost; he who sows courtesy reaps friendship, and he who plants kindness gathers love.

If every man took only what was sufficient for his needs, leaving the rest to those in want, there would be no rich and no poor.

He who plants kindness gathers love.

The hairsplitting difference between formed and unformed makes no difference to us. Whoever deliberately commits abortion is subject to the penalty for homicide.

It is not he who begins well who is perfect. It is he who ends well who is approved in God's sight.

We need not only read Sacred Scripture, but learn it as well and grow up in it. Realize that nothing is written in Scripture unnecessarily. Not to read Sacred Scripture is a great evil.

The human being is an animal who has received the vocation to become God.

There is still time for endurance, time for patience, time for healing, time for change. Have you slipped? Rise up. Have you sinned? Cease. Do not stand among sinners, but leap aside.

Many a man curses the rain that falls upon his head, and knows not that it brings abundance to drive away the hunger.

Every divine action begins from the Father, proceeds through the Son, and is completed in the Holy Spirit.

How soon will we accept this opportunity to be fully alive before we die? (88)

You have been “self-pitying” for long years now and things don’t seem to improve. Just try a few days of good self-esteeming” and you’ll see things taking a better shape!

Some women are smarter than men, and some aren't. But to suggest to women that they deserve dominance instead of equality is at best a cheap applause line.

It is surrounded by a thin flat ring, inclined to the ecliptic, and nowhere touches the body of the planet.

It all started with a badly timed bald joke!

Favorite animal: steak.

He who is not a bird should not build his nest over abysses.

We can leave a place behind, or we can stay in that place and leave our selfishness behind.

I feel like I'm the luckiest man on the planet.

No ashes are lighter than those of incense, and few things burn out sooner.