I know well that the greater and more beautiful the work is, the more terrible will be the storms that rage against it.

Pure love ... knows that only one thing is needed to please God: to do even the smallest things out of great love - love, and always love.

Patience, prayer and silence-these are what give strength to the soul.

Help me, O Lord, that my hands may be merciful and filled with good deeds, so that I may do only good to my neighbors.

Suffering is the greatest treasure on earth; it purifies the soul. In suffering, we learn who our true friend is.

O King of glory, though you hide your beauty, yet the eye of my soul rends the veil. I see the angelic choirs giving you honor without cease.

He who wants to learn true humility should reflect upon the Passion of Jesus. (267)

Entrust everything to Me and do nothing on your own, and you will always have great freedom of spirit.

I demand from you deeds of mercy which are to arise out of love for me. You are to show mercy to your neighbors always and everywhere. You must not shrink from this or try to excuse yourself from it.

God is very generous and does not deny His grace to anyone. Indeed he gives more than what we ask of Him. Faithfulness to the inspirations of the Holy Spirit-that is the shortest route.

How can one be pleasing to God when one is inflated with pride and self-love under the pretense of striving for Gods glory, while in fact one is seeking ones own glory?

I'm allergic to family occasions. Sometimes I think we'd do better as dandelion seeds-no family, no history, just floating off into the world, each on our own piece of fluff.

...new life starts in the dark. Whether it is a seed in the ground, a baby in the womb, or Jesus in the tomb, it starts in the dark.

He was just a word for me. I did not see the man in the name any more than you do. Do you see him? Do you see the story? Do you see anything?

The primary purpose of prayer is not to get something, but to know Someone.

A religion can no more afford to degrade its Devil than to degrade its God.

Nothing is so sexy in a man as talent.

Doing your best is taking the action because you love it, not because you're expecting a reward

I have my heroes. Some of whom are still alive, and unfortunately many that aren't.

All of a sudden you're like the Bin Laden of America. Osama Bin Laden is the only one who knows what I'm going through.

After all, we did not invent symbolism; it is a universal age-old activity of the human imagination.