Is it not excessively ridiculous to seek the good opinion of those whom you would never wish to be like?

If you cannot find Christ in the beggar at the church door, you will not find Him in the chalice.

Prayer is the place of refuge for every worry, a foundation for cheerfulness, a source of constant happiness, a protection against sadness.

Not to share our own wealth with the poor is theft from the poor and deprivation of their means of life; we do not possess our own wealth, but theirs.

No matter how just your words may be, when you speak with anger, you ruin all: no matter how boldly you speak, how fairly reprove, or what not.

When you are weary of praying, and do not receive, consider how often you have heard a poor man calling, and have not listened to him.

The road to Hell is paved with the bones of priests and monks, and the skulls of bishops are the lamp posts that light the path.

To destroy the fetus 'is something worse than murder.' The one who does this 'does not take away life that has already been born, but prevents it from being born.'

There is nothing colder than a Christian who does not seek to save others.

The bee is more honored than other animals, not because she labors, but because she labors for others.

I am a Christian. He who answers thus has declared everything at once-his country, profession, family; the believer belongs to no city on earth but to the heavenly Jerusalem.

Bliss and suffering, it seems, always go hand in hand.

Some people dance with singing rain

Become grounded in the Bible. As Christians, we have only one authority, one compass: the Word of God.

O fortune fortune! all men call thee fickle.

The only honest and generous thing for me to do is to give people myself. That's all I've got as an artist, so I want to do that in an unflinching way.

By oneself the evil is done, and it is oneself who suffers: by oneself the evil is not done, and by one's Self one becomes pure.

It's not about what you did yesterday, it's what you do tomorrow. If you rely too much on yesterday, tomorrow is going to jump up and bite you in the pants.

Friendship, trust, honor, respect, admiration, this whole experience has been such a revelation.

When you're growing up, you want to feel part of something.

Carbon made only wants to be unmade.