If, therefore, there is any grace in the water, it is not from the nature of water but from the Spirit's presence there.

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.

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.

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.

But death is stronger than that and when you cover your eyes you are the one who can't see the dark. The dark still sees you.

It is only an error in judgement to make a mistake but it shows infirmity of character to adhere to it when discovered.

There was no market for poetry about trauma, abuse, loss, love, and healing through the lens of a Punjabi-Sikh immigrant woman.

An actor entering through the door, you've got nothing. But if he enters through the window, you've got a situation.

You are free to choose, but you are not free to alter the consequences of your decisions.

I was definitely never a crowd pleaser.

You get so used to lying that after a while it's hard to remember what the truth is.

To do what you imply would require nothing short of divine intervention. You must change man, not systems.

So I buy it. The most perfect little cardigan in the world. People will call me the Girl in the Gray Cardigan. I’ll be able to live in it. Really, it’s an investment.

The truth is what I make it. I could set this world on fire and call it rain.