Secret sins commonly lie nearest the heart.

The lazy Christian has his mouth full of complaints, when the active Christian has his heart full of comforts.

He that hath deserved hanging may be glad to escape with a whipping.

The world and you must part, or Christ and you will never meet.

Deliver me, O Lord, from that evil man, myself.

Christ dwells in that heart most eminently that hath emptied itself of itself.

Grace and glory differ very little; the one is the seed, the other is the flower; grace is glory militant, glory is grace triumphant.

Prayer is nothing but the breathing that out before the Lord, that was first breathed into us by the Spirit of the Lord.

Afflictions are but as a dark entry into our Father's house.

Humility makes a man richer than other men, and it makes a man judge himself the poorest among men.

Man’s holiness is now his greatest happiness, and in heaven man’s greatest happiness will be his perfect holiness.

Some day people will ask me what is the key to my success...and I will simply say, "good Karma.

I don't know what's the matter with people: they don't learn by understanding, they learn by some other way — by rote or something. Their knowledge is so fragile!

The moment you feel like you need to prove yourself, is the moment you need to be silent and walk away.

I come from musical theater, and a lot of musical theater is about accepting fantasy. I think it is more about just being open and accepting.

Constipation was one of the things she hated most in the world, on par with despicable men who commit domestic violence and narrow-minded religious fundamentalists.

Sometimes I think the purpose of life is to reconcile us to its eventual loss by wearing us down, by proving, however long it takes, that life isn't all it's cracked up to be.

When I found out my mother wanted me to marry a rich man, I instantly didn't want any rich man.

And hey, if I keep loving you, maybe you'll eventually crack and love me too.

I come from the tradition of a big Irish family that loves to sing. I love to perform.

I'm miserable: that's why I have such a bad back, because I'm endlessly stressing out about my career.