The Lord is a Father, the most tender and best of fathers. He cannot fail to be moved when His children appeal to Him.

The root of all evil is 'I', 'Me' , 'Mine'.

Be content to progress in slow steps until you have legs to run and wings with which to fly.

It would be easier for the world to survive without the sun than to do so without the Holy Mass.

Pray, Hope, and Don't Worry

The Cross will not crush you; if its weight makes you stagger, its power will also sustain you.

Pray with perseverance, with faith, with calmness and serenity.

If you have the courage to imitate Mary Magdalene in her sins, have the courage to imitate her penance!

Humility and purity are the wings which carry us to God and make us almost divine.

Peace is the simplicity of heart, serenity of mind, tranquility of soul, the bond of love.

Your temptations are from the devil and from Hell; but your sufferings and afflictions are from God and Heaven.

Cervantes smiled Spain's chivalry away.

I never was very big on praying for victory. For God to give a big win to the Denver Broncos, wouldn't He have to take it away from somebody else, say, the Green Bay Packers?

I used to teach dance lessons.

I can write a story in working-class Stockholm Swedish, but I'm not going to assume I can perform the same feat with Cockney. I'll focus on adventures in story, themes and structure instead.

You have moments where you do appearances and people recognize you and you get fan letters, but that's after you've put in long days rehearsing, filming and for us kids - going to school on the set.

I grew up always wanting to act, always knowing that's what I wanted to do.

I don't want to force the peacekeeping nations to feel like I'm pushing them out.

When I was a kid, I would fantasize about my own funeral.

I think kids today are going to look at their Facebook postings like bad tattoos one day.

Its not that I'm in love with myself, I'm just trying to pick up everyone else's slack.