Nothing but prayer can make saints because nothing but God can make saints, and we meet God in prayer. Prayer is the hospital for souls where we meet Doctor God.

We try too much and trust too little. Count the times God's Book tells us to "try." Now count the times it tells us to "trust.

God really performs the miracle of multiplying our time, but only if we give it to him first.

It is true, as John Bunyan said, that God infinitely prefers a heart without words to words without a heart when we pray.

The practice of the presence of God, though we begin it at special times of prayer, is designed to spill out and over and into all times.

You do not have to wait until you become a saint. [Prayer] is the way to become a saint.

One moment of prayer, of weak worship, confused contrition, tepid thanksgiving, or pitiful petition will bring us closer to God than all the books of theology in the world.

The single most important piece of advice about prayer is one word: Begin!

Léon Bloy wrote: 'Life holds only one tragedy: not to have been a saint

There is something in us that fears prayer as a maggot fears light. We must do violence to this voice, for it is not ourselves. It is our Enemy.

We must pray in order to grow, and we must grow because Infinite Love will not, cannot, settle for less than the greatest joy of which his beloved creature is capable.

Strength wasn‘t about being able to do everything alone. Strength was knowing when to ask for help and not being too proud to do it.

When we make a habit of acting on the interests arising out of our authentic passions, our enthusiasm can open doors before we even realize the potential that lies beyond them.

Every time I slip into the ocean, it's like going home.

If my future were black, it was better surely to face it like a man than to attempt to brighten it by mere will-o’-the-wisps of the imagination.

The attempt to politicize everything is the destruction of politics. When everything is seen as relevant to politics, than politics has in fact become totalitarian.

Dallas Cowboys may be America's team, but the Houston Oilers are Texas' team.

There are wrongs which even the grave does not bury.

You might think of consumption as a fairly passive activity, but buying new products and services is actually pretty risky, at least if you value your time and money.

Being a philosopher, I have a problem for every solution.

I did comedies for 10 years and I learned a great deal.