In all the events of life, you must recognize the Divine will. Adore and bless it, especially in the things which are the hardest for you.

The root of all evil is 'I', 'Me' , 'Mine'.

Be content to progress in slow steps until you have legs to run and wings with which to fly.

It would be easier for the world to survive without the sun than to do so without the Holy Mass.

Pray, Hope, and Don't Worry

The Cross will not crush you; if its weight makes you stagger, its power will also sustain you.

Pray with perseverance, with faith, with calmness and serenity.

If you have the courage to imitate Mary Magdalene in her sins, have the courage to imitate her penance!

Humility and purity are the wings which carry us to God and make us almost divine.

Peace is the simplicity of heart, serenity of mind, tranquility of soul, the bond of love.

Your temptations are from the devil and from Hell; but your sufferings and afflictions are from God and Heaven.

The history of the failure of war can almost be summed up in two words: too late.

Meditation is a cyclical process that defies analysis, but demands acceptance.

It's already figured out.

In creating the human brain, evolution has wildly overshot the mark.

Great knowledge is requisite to instruct those who have been well instructed, but still greater knowledge is requisite to instruct those who have been neglected.

Our nation is rich and our people can be rich. 2014 elections is a fight against poverty.

Power concedes nothing without a demand. The struggle for justice must never be adjourned. The forces of injustice do not take vacations.

The dignity we seek in dying is not to be found in our final weeks, days or moments but in the way we live and how we are seen by those people whose lives we affect.

If thou wouldst rule well, thou must rule for God, and to do that, thou must be ruled by him. Those who will not be governed by God will be ruled by tyrants.

You can do a million different funks from a million different people and you'll never get anything exactly alike - that's what's so beautiful about it.