How I hate this folly of not believing in the Eucharist, etc.! If the gospel be true, if Jesus Christ be God, what difficulty is there?

If I believe in God and life after death and you do not, and if there is no God, we both lose when we die. However, if there is a God, you still lose and I gain everything.

We must learn our limits. We are all something, but none of us are everything.

Don't try to add more years to your life. Better add more life to your years.

There is a God-shaped vacuum in every heart.

Once your soul has been enlarged by a truth, it can never return to its original size.

Kind words do not cost much. Yet they accomplish much.

Do you wish people to think well of you? Don't speak well of yourself.

Muhammad established a religion by putting his enemies to death; Jesus Christ by commanding his followers to lay down their lives.

The heart has its reasons of which reason knows nothing.

People almost invariably arrive at their beliefs not on the basis of proof but on the basis of what they find attractive.

Spanish—how shall I say this?—is likePortuguese spoken with a speech impediment.

Hope, love, and faith are in the waiting

Bad news isn't wine. It doesn't improve with age.

It is wrong to assume that men of immense wealth are always happy.

Kings may see their palaces fall, but the ants will always have their dwellings.

Just as a solid rock is not shaken by the storm, even so the wise are not affected by praise or blame.

The trumpet is forceful.

If we ever meet in real life, we can have a conversation. But you should go and live your real life and I'll go and live mine.

We need to feel that life is important; we need that fantasy so we can live a little better.

It is equally important to listen as it is to speak.