I feel blessed in the knowledge that I probably belong to the last generation that will remember what we call "traditional America."

There's nothing like rejection to make you do an inventory of yourself.

I used to save all my rejection slips because I told myself, one day I'm going to autograph these and auction them. And then I lost the box.

If there is any human tragedy, there is only one, and it occurs when we forget who we are and remain silent while a stranger takes up residence inside our skin.

The system shaves the dice on the side of those with money and power, and anyone who believes otherwise deserves anything that happens to him.

You do it a day at a time. You write as well as you can, you put it in the mail, you leave it under submission, you never leave it at home.

And like most middle-aged people who hear the clock ticking in their lives, I had come to resent a waste or theft of my time that was greater than any theft of my goods or money.

How do you explain to yourself the casual manner in which you threw your life away?

...and I wonder if there is any way to adequately describe the folly that causes us to undo all the great gifts of both Earth and Heaven.

When you find the right people, you never let go. The people who count are the ones who are your friends in lean times. You have all the friends you want when things are going well.

That's one of the great advantages of age. You can say, I don't want to, I don't care, you can throw temper tantrums, and nobody minds.

Great people will always be mocked by those who feel smaller than them.

The world needs to see Christians burning, not with self-righteous fury at the sliding morals in our country, but with passion for God.

The best quote has never been said nor written.I do not need a quote.P. HermansNetherlands, August 11, 2016

In our age, self-indulgence and self-destruction, rather than self-sacrifice, are the foundations for new heroic myths.

An imbalanced association is when one or both parties become abusive and takes unfair advantage, tries to block another's enlightenment or success.

And I'm here to tell you, the reaction that I'm getting around the country, people are sick and tired of this word in Washington, compromise. This is why nothing ever gets done.

I think you miss out on a lot of stuff when you're so protected and isolated.

There are infinitely many variations of the initial situation and therefore no doubt indefinitely many theorems of moral geometry.

The Rosary is a magnificent and universal prayer for the needs of the Church, the nations and the entire world.

You can spend the entire second half of your life recovering from the mistakes of the first half.