The Holy Scriptures do not know any distinctions. They enjoin that all lead the life of monks.

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.

It is difficult to say what is impossible, for the dream of yesterday is the hope of today and the reality of tomorrow.

...Absorbed in the new scents, the sounds, and the sunlight...

History fondly remembers those who meet expectations but is written by a few who exceed them

Nobody can treat you like a liability without your approval

The stars here and the ones there are each special for their own reason. You grew up looking at these, while I looked at mine. Now we’ve both looked at each of them together.

People learn to lead because they care about something.

When I started at the Guardian, though, I couldnt think of anything we saw eye to eye on, except feminism, and even this would soon be arguable as Guardian writers queued up to drool over Eminem.

Criticism of my alleged views was widespread and highly successful. I have yet to meet a criticism of my views.

On this platform of peace, we can create a language to translate ourselves to ourselves and to each other.

At war a Russian man puts on a white shirt. He may live in sin, but he dies like a saint.