How friendly we should all be with one another if nobody were interested in money and honor.

Let nothing Disturb you, Let nothing frighten you, Though all things pass, God does not change. Patience wins all things. But he lacks nothing who possesses God; For God alone suffices.

Trust God that you are exactly where you are meant to be.

We always find that those who walked closest to Christ were those who had to bear the greatest trials.

Christ has no body now but mine. He prays in me, works in me, looks through my eyes, speaks through my words, works through my hands, walks with my feet and loves with my heart.

It is not a matter of thinking a great deal but of loving a great deal, so do whatever arouses you most to love.

Remember that you have only one soul; that you have only one death to die; that you have only one life. . . . If you do this, there will be many things about which you care nothing.

When we accept what happens to us and make the best of it, we are praising God.

Desire to see God, be fearful of losing Him, and find joy in everything that can lead to Him. If you act in this way, you will always live in great peace.

We may speak of love and humility as the true flowers of spiritual growth; and they give off a wonderful scent, which benefits all those who come near.

May God protect me from gloomy saints.

A work in which there are theories is like an object which still has its price-tag on.

Leaders are interested in gains. However, they acknowledge that there is no gain without pain. They embrace the pain.

The grace of life is gratefulness.

To continue what one had been doing -- which was Dante's idea of hell -- is, I came to see, and the vision frightened me, easy in one's sixties.

When valuing a startup, add $500k for every engineer, and subtract $250k for every MBA.

I think it's really important to live in the moment.

A good landscape painting is not just a demonstration of competent application of paint. It must offer a feeling of homage to the subject.

You are not crazy. You are just ready to change.

There must of course be a relationship between translating and making poems of your own, but what it is I just don't know.

God's wounds cure, sin's kisses kill.