If we do not fill our mind with prayer, it will fill itself with anxieties, worries, temptations, resentments, and unwelcome memories.

God sometimes gives us what we want so we'll learn to trust Him to give us what we need.

A joyless Catholic is the devil's best tool. A joyful Catholic is God's greatest instrument.

We...sin not because we want what is evil, but because we want what isn't good enough.

If you complain to someone, you assume that it's someone who really cares about you.

Love is something worth suffering for.

At the root of all misery is unfulfilled desire.

To go to Mass is to go to Heaven.

Only when we cease to rely on our own strength can we discover that God's strength is always there for us.

The Mass-and I mean every single Mass-is heaven on earth. Literally.

IF THE LORD IS OUR JOY, OUR JOY CANNOT BE TAKEN AWAY. IT CANNOT BE LOST...JOY HAD COME TO THE WORLD, AND IT HAD COME TO STAY.

The humble Cumulus humilis - never hurt a soul.

I think if you show up and you work hard and you're straightforward, you can always create your own opportunities. I hope I'm right.

If architecture is, as is sometimes said, music set in concrete, then football and basketball may be said to be creativity embodied in team sports.

The way to fill your life with love is very simple: if you want more love, give more love.

As a comic, I think I'm very verbally oriented about a lot of the stuff that I've written or thought up and how I say it.

Love is a medicine for the sickness of the world; a prescription often given, too rarely taken.

You love simply because you cannot help it.

When I got to Chicago I had to find my way.

I used to have a road-rage issue.

When we meet someone and we fall in love we don’t ever imagine that it’s going to end.