No man can in any measure resemble the scripture saints.

Our holiness is an effect, not a cause; so long as our eyes are on our own personal whiteness as an end in itself, the thing breaks down.

That however advanced any man may 'be-in' age or piety, he is still in danger of falling.

The sigh, the groan of a broken heart, will soon go through the ceiling up to heaven, aye, into the very bosom of God.

Justification by faith alone, is the hinge upon which the whole of Christianity turns

Our calling is not primarily to be holy women, but to work for God and for others with Him.

The tender heart, the broken and contrite spirit, are to me far above all the joys that I could ever hope for in this vale of tears.

I have never thought that the circumstance of God's having forgiven me was any reason why I should forgive myself.

Feast of the Holy Cross Does not every man feel, that there is corruption enough within him to drive him to the commission of the greatest enormities, and eternally to destroy his soul?

Change is the parent of progress.

...grief is as much about regret for what you've never had as sadness for what you've lost.

I always root for the black man, like penance for something I had not part in creating.

Love is that splendid triggering of human vitality the supreme activity which nature affords anyone for going out of himself toward someone else.

I've finally learnt how to say, 'No comment'. To appear in the tabloids is a real learning curve and a steep one at that. You had better learn quick or you get burnt.

One who will study for three years. Without thought of reward. Would be hard indeed to find.

In this life, you have to be your own hero.

The Antichrist is probably a Jew alive in Israel today

Neither marriage's heart nor adventure are found in the banner days, those events we record and look back on. The glory is the ordinary.