Lust hath these three companions: the first, blindness of understanding; the second, hardness of heart; the third, want of grace.

A tree is known by its fruit; a man by his deeds. A good deed is never lost; he who sows courtesy reaps friendship, and he who plants kindness gathers love.

If every man took only what was sufficient for his needs, leaving the rest to those in want, there would be no rich and no poor.

He who plants kindness gathers love.

The hairsplitting difference between formed and unformed makes no difference to us. Whoever deliberately commits abortion is subject to the penalty for homicide.

It is not he who begins well who is perfect. It is he who ends well who is approved in God's sight.

We need not only read Sacred Scripture, but learn it as well and grow up in it. Realize that nothing is written in Scripture unnecessarily. Not to read Sacred Scripture is a great evil.

The human being is an animal who has received the vocation to become God.

There is still time for endurance, time for patience, time for healing, time for change. Have you slipped? Rise up. Have you sinned? Cease. Do not stand among sinners, but leap aside.

Many a man curses the rain that falls upon his head, and knows not that it brings abundance to drive away the hunger.

Every divine action begins from the Father, proceeds through the Son, and is completed in the Holy Spirit.

It's better to move on now and feel a pinch, than hold on and later treat a wound

The way of war was the invention of heavenly beings.

In the depth of deep sadness, I was able to appreciate the beauty of life.

[she] believes our experiences and our worlds make us. I believe our choices make our experiences and our worlds.

Sometimes people don't want to look back because they are afraid of facing the truth. But sometimes, facing the truth we're afraid of is what makes us who we're really supposed to be.

It's wrong to discriminate based on skin color when there are so many other reasons not to like someone.

Bob Hope, Red Skelton, and Eddie Cantor... help us keep our balance.

There's a lot more information at hand and sometimes there's information overload and we become desensitized to it, so things start to mean less.

Protesting against sexism doesn't mean saying that all men are actively sexist.

As I've often said, you can shop online and find whatever you're looking for, but bookstores are where you find what you weren't looking for.