If you want the Lord to hide your sins, then don't talk to people about what kind of virtues you have. For as we relate to our virtues, so God relates to our sins.

As water and fire oppose one another when combined, so are self-justification and humility opposed to one another.

Because God's justice is inexorable, it is hard to obtain forgiveness for sins committed with complete deliberation.

It is better to pray with good will for our neighbor, rather than to denounce him for every sin.

The sign of sincere love is to forgive wrongs done to us. It was with such love that the Lord loved the world.

Do not think about or do anything without a spiritual purpose, whereby it is done for God. For If you travel without purpose, you shall labor in vain.

Every sin that is left without repentance is a sin unto death, for which if even a saint shall pray, he shall not be heard.

Whoever prays for those who hurt him lays the demons low; but he who opposes his affronter is bound to the demons.

No one is as good and merciful as the Lord. But even He does not forgive the unrepentant.

Every affliction tests our will, showing whether it is inclined to good or evil. That is why an unforeseen affliction is called a test, because it enables a man to test his hidden desires.

If someone falls into any sin and is not sincerely grieved about it, it is easy for him to fall into the same thing again.

If he looks at me like that again Dottie will need a bucket and mop to get me back to my room.

They forget that we, too, have earned the right to live! So I say if we are going to die, my friend, let us die trying, not sitting.

A faithful friend is the medicine of life.

As we celebrate the considerable progress we've made toward full equality in our military, we cannot forget about those who continue to suffer because of the discriminatory policies of our past.

What concerns me is not the way things are, but rather the way people think things are.

I could ride away and hide away Where we were miles apart But when I got there I'd find you there Right in my heart

The desire to be singular and to astonish by ways out of the common seems to me to be the source of many virtues.

But if you're doing something, show up everyday, and something good might happen - it's not going to happen if you don't show up.

The job in Wisconsin was the first genuine offer of an academic job in a university which I received.