In taking soup, it is necessary to avoid lifting too much in the spoon, or filling the mouth so full as almost to stop the breath.

Teachers who are not actively involved in the learning process themselves, force their students to drink from stagnant water

Hold prayer in high esteem. It is the foundation of all the virtues, and the source of all grace needed to sanctify ourselves and to discharge the duties of our employment.

Learning without piety produces a proud device; piety without learning produces a useless one.

Children are guilty of unpardonable rudeness when they spit in the face of a companion; neither are they excusable who spit from windows or on walls or furniture.

The birch is used only out of bad temper and weakness, for the birch is a servile punishment which degrades the soul even when it corrects, if indeed it corrects, for its usual effect is to harden.

You won't find your soul in a textbook, self-help book, or buy it in a store. Sometimes, it's just a matter of looking past the anger, regret, and envy to see its smiling face.

Set boundaries and keep them. People will drown you with their need, and demonize you for not filling their emptiness.

The public is often right during the trends, but wrong at both ends

If you don't have cancer, cherish life. If you do, cherish it even more

When grace happens, we receive not a nice compliment from God but a new heart. Give your heart to Christ, and he returns the favor.

Look hard enough and you will always find a light.

Men who write love letters don't live in this century.

I think, if you put a camera in anyone's life and document it daily from the age of 21 to 27, there are going to be things that aren't always pretty.

Only disaster can follow divided counsels and opposing wills.

The only time I feel alive is when I'm painting.