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.

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.

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.

The steam of meat darkens the light of the spirit...One hardly can have virtue when one enjoys meat meals and feasts.

And like an echo, God often uses the repetitive events and themes in daily life to get my attention and draw me closer to himself." - The Sacred Echo

I will not deny but that the best apology against false accusers is silence and sufferance, and honest deeds set against dishonest words.

This typewriter is the only one that has listened to me throughout the years, the only one who wants to know the girl beneath my layers.

Lightning is like an elementary spirit, eccentric or rational, clever or silly, passing from one extreme to the other.

Doubt is really a groping ignorance.

There is no such thing as a 'self-made' man. We are made up of thousands of others.

I can think of no better reason to vote against Obama than the prospect of an administration where any criticism of the President is treated as racism.

I think wanting to write is a fundamental sign of disease and discomfort. I don't think people who are comfortable want to write.

The task of the strategist and leadership team is to reduce uncertainty in the areas that they can directly influence in order to pursue attractively difficult objectives.

You cannot make anything worthwhile in this world unless you have first developed and transformed yourself.