Laughter does not seem to be a sin, but it leads to sin.

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.

If you don’t know how to use an object properly, it is possible that you will use it for something other than the purpose it was intended for

If you don’t want to waste your time on thinking, start reading.

I always tell people that our sports aren't that dangerous.

The isolated Pawn casts gloom over the entire chessboard

Don't you think it would be wonderful to get rid of everything and everybody and just go some place where you don't know a soul?

To get a human through a life, lives of broken bones, knock-me-over-with-a-feather susceptibility to myriad viruses, and whatever else might befall someone will cost money.

Of the things I know to be true in life, right at the top of the list of irrefutable truths is, "No one ever listens to anyone." It might even be No. 1.

When a fantasy turns you on, you're obligated to God and nature to start doing it right away.

Distance doesn't exist, in fact, and neither does time. Vibrations from love or music can be felt everywhere, at all times.