"Love covers a multitude of sins," (I Pet. 4:8). That is, for love towards one's neighbor, God forgives the sins of the one who loves.

To pray is to descend with the mind into the heart, and there to stand before the face of the Lord, ever-present, all seeing, within you.

A soul untried by sorrows is good for nothing.

The invincible weapon against all our enemies is humility.

But your job is to work upon yourself: for this you are chosen; the rest is in the hands of God. He who humbles himself shall be exalted.

As it is not possible to walk without feet or fly without wings, so it is impossible to attain the Kingdom of Heaven without the fulfillment of the commandments.

The object of our serch is the fire of grace which enters into the heart.

The Lord chose the apostles, that they should be with Him, and that he might send them forth to preach, and to have power to heal sicknesses, and to cast out devils.

Locavore?" But before he could answer, I figured it out. "Someone who eats food produced locally? As opposed to locovore, someone who eats crazy people?

You’re chicken, she told herself, snapping her seat belt. This is America, you live in it, you let it happen. Let it unfurl.

I hated childhood, and spent it sitting behind a book waiting for adulthood to arrive.

Buddhism is all about finding your own way, not imitating the ways of others or even the ways of Buddha himself.

Those who are heavy-laden with despair should come unto the Lord.

Even a man's exact imitation of the song of the nightingale displeases us when we discover that it is a mimicry, and not the nightingale.

I mean, it's pretty hard to fight and hate and be angry when you're making music, isn't it?

Nothing wilts faster than a laurel rested upon.

Life is not a popularity contest. Take the hill, but first answer the question: What is my hill?.

I'll always be the ginger one from Harry Potter.