In the sacraments, spirit and matter "kiss." Heaven and earth embrace in a union that will never end.

Grace flows through wounds.

Marital love is a reflection of how God loves. It is free, total, faithful and fruitful.

If we want to know what's most sacred in this world, all we need to do is look for what is most violently profaned.

When marriage exposes a person's selfishness and sins it's doing what it is meant to do: bringing our sins and wounds to light so we can recognize them, confess them, and begin the healing process.

Marriage is the most basic expression of the vocation to love that all men and women have as persons made in God's image.

Holiness is not first a matter of doing anything. It is first and foremost a matter of letting it be done. Holiness is to conceive the love of God within and to bring it forth to the world.

For those with the purity to see it, a nursing mother is one of the most precious, most beautiful, and most holy of all possible images of woman.

Marriage is a living sign that truly communicates the love of Christ and the Church.

In Christ, man who made himself God encounters God who made himself man. Unrivaled self-importance and pride encounters unrivaled self-emptying and humility.

God's plan remains God's plan despite our sin.

It is easier to bear the worries of wandering than to find peace in your hometown, where only the sage can live in a happy house surrounded by trite troubles and daily distractions.

Some men think that the globe is a sponge that God puts into their hands to squeeze for their own garden or flower-pot.

People misunderstand me.

You’re going to have to learn to ride a horse on your own, Phaedra', he said. 'It will make the journey faster.' 'The mule and I have an agreement.' 'The mule and you have similar traits.

Most people perceive moderates as timid, middle-of-the-roaders, who can't take a stand.

Oh, Will Henry. After all we have been through, how could I send you away now, at our most critical hour? You are indispensable to me.

There is some kiss we want with the whole of our lives.

That's how life feels to me. Everyone is doing it; everyone knows how. To live and be who they are and find a place, find a moment. I'm still waiting.

You should ask the president what he thinks about America.

Success is more permanent when you achieve it without destroying your principles.