Repentance lifts a man up. Mourning knocks at heaven's gate. Holy humility opens it.

Do not be surprised that you fall every day; do not give up, but stand your ground courageously. And assuredly, the angel who guards you will honour your patience.

Humility is the only virtue that no devil can imitate. If pride made demons out of angels, there is no doubt that humility could make angels out of demons.

An angel fell from Heaven without any other passion except pride, and so we may ask whether it is possible to ascend to Heaven by humility alone, without any other of the virtues.

Humility is constant forgetfulness of one's achievements.

Obedience is the burial of the will and the resurrection of humility.

The lover of silence draws close to God. He talks to Him in secret and God enlightens him.

When a man has found the Lord, he no longer has to use words when he is praying, for the Spirit Himself will intercede for him with groans that cannot be uttered.

A servant of the Lord stands bodily before men, but mentally he is knocking at the gates of heaven with prayer.

Confession is like a bridle that keeps the soul which reflects on it from committing sin, but anything left unconfessed we continue to do without fear as if in the dark.

Humility is the only thing that no devil can imitate.

Failing to indict a criminal sitting president sends the message that those in power are above the law.

...you are a writer the moment you start writing, not when you've sold your first book.

Always be true to your friends, just as you are to yourself.

Civilization is nothing more than the effort to reduce the use of force to the last resort.

Judge [Samuel] Alito has a reputation for being an exceptional and honest judge devoted to the rule of law, as well as being a man of integrity.

There are places that are so designed they're unlivable.

I would think that would be really liberating to play like a real cad or a villain or something like that, and that's something I haven't gotten the chance to do a lot.

Few scientists would treat their cars as badly as they treat their conceptual schemes.

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President Kennedy was a voracious reader and was forever coming up with fascinating bits of information.