Prayer is the root, the fountain, the mother of a thousand blessings.

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.

Love and death are the two great hinges on which all human sympathies turn.

The search for God is indeed, an entirely personal undertaking.... the most audacious adventure that one can dare.

In every relationship, sooner or later, there is a court scene. Accusations, counter-accusations, a trial, a verdict.

Ordinarily, everything we do is in our self-interest. Everything.

We are born helpless. As soon as we are fully conscious we discover loneliness. We need others physically, emotionally, and intellectually. We need them if we are to know anything, even ourselves.

Don't pray when you feel like it. Have an appointment with the Lord and keep it.

A writer is essentially a man who does not resign himself to loneliness.

Even an obvious fabrication is some comfort when you have few others.

It looks as if I were meant to be alone, and that any hope of happiness is not meant. Am I too old to acquire the knack for happiness?

Modern music is as dangerous as narcotics.