It is a very wonderful experience indeed, when, at fifty years old, you suddenly discover that for the first time in your life, you are really free to be yourself.

What makes humility so desirable is the marvelous thing it does to us; it creates in us a capacity for the closest possible intimacy with God.

I have always felt that the moment when first you wake up in the morning is the most wonderful of the twenty-four hours.

Once allow your soul to be disturbed by any violent emotion and, like the waters of a tempest-tossed lake, it can no longer reflect the divine Image.

The refectory is a cenacle in which the taking of food is transfigured almost into a sacrament.

What makes humility so desirable is the marvelous thing it does to us it creates in us a capacity for the closest possible intimacy with God.

Pray FOR positive outcomes, never ON perceived dilemmas

I long to embrace, to include in my own short life, all that is accessible to man.

Arguments out of a petty mouth are unanswerable.

People give one another things that can't be gift wrapped.

Why don't they just take him out?" I asked. I'm not politically minded, as I guess you can tell. Mr. Cataliades was smiling at me. "So direct, so classic," he said. "So American.

Numerical precision is the very soul of science.

I actually have great hopes for the future.

I believe in individuality, that everybody is special, and it's up to them to find that quality and let it live.

So it is with scripture. The word of God is there, able to transform your life. But you must probe for it. You have to penetrate the surface with more than just a cursory glance.

I collect underwear from my travels. Lace, lingerie, bodysuits... they're like souvenirs.