The London streets are paths of loveliness; the very omnibuses look like colored archangels, their laps filled full of little trustful souls.

If God were small enough to be understood, He would not be big enough to be worshipped.

God is always coming to you in the Sacrament of the Present Moment. Meet and receive Him there with gratitude in that sacrament.

After all it is those who have a deep and real inner life who are best able to deal with the irritating details of outer life.

For lack of attention a thousand forms of loveliness elude us every day.

Love is creative. It does not flow along the easy paths, spending itself in the attractive. It cuts new channels, goes where it is needed.

This is the secret of joy. We shall no longer strive for our own way; but commit ourselves, easily and simply, to God's way, acquiesce in His will, and in so doing find our peace.

My growth depends on my walls coming down.

On every level of life, from housework to heights of prayer, in all judgment and efforts to get things done, hurry and impatience are sure marks of the amateur.

Mysticism is the art of union with Reality.

Try to arrange things so that you can have a reasonable bit of quiet every day.

Your external world is a mirror of your internal world, and if you can discipline yourself to change your thoughts, your external world will change.

Rome is the city of echoes, the city of illusions, and the city of yearning.

You want to climb the mountain because it’s there and you know you can do it.

Jews were the first to believe that history itself has meaning and that progress, not repetition, is the law of life.

Be careful before leaving someone in a sorrowing situation. Say a word of prayer with them and share even a brief word of encouragement from the Scriptures.

Even if I hadn't have been nominated for an Oscar, to have won the Golden Glove was just fantastic.

I dont enjoy traveling in America. I dont like the food, the cars. It is not exotic enough. It all tastes a bit like airline food.

It was the Congress that imposed 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell,' it was certainly my position, my recommendation to get us out of an even worse outcome that could have occurred.

Everyone saves someone at least once. Just as he kills someone at least once. Even though he may not know it.

Lo! with a little rod I did but touch the honey of romance — And must I lose a soul's inheritance?