The faith by which we live shall never vary in any age . . . for one is the faith which sanctifies the Just of all ages.

Virtue is nothing without the trial of temptation, for there is no conflict without an enemy, no victory without strife.

No one, however weak, is denied a share in the victory of the cross. No one is beyond the help of the prayer of Christ.

Those who are not good to others are bad to themselves.

A great safeguard is the entire faith, the true faith, in which neither anything whatever can be added by anyone nor anything taken away; for, unless faith be one, it is not the faith.

The faith of those who live their faith is a serene faith. What you long for will be given you; what you love will be yours for ever.

The cross of Christ is the true ground and chief cause of Christian hope.

I have neither permitted, nor shall I permit, the things which have been settled by the holy fathers to be violated by any innovation.

The Child, the Lord Jesus Christ . . . Word in our flesh, Wisdom in infancy, Power in weakness, and in true Man, the Lord of Majesty.

The devil is always discovering something novel against the truth.

Truth, which is simple and one, admits of no variety.

I have been lucky enough to work with the world's best designers and top stylists - who have been my mentors.

I don't debate with liars.

When you talk about world record times, you have to understand that everything must be perfect the weather, the course, the temperature. It is not always enough to be in good shape.

You will go to the paper towns and never come back.

An elite group of less than a billion people now take more than 80 per cent of the world's wealth.

I was very sexual from a very young age.

My mother is my last point of security in relation to my past, and if that breaks, I will not ever have that type of pure love or pure attachment.

The first song I wrote was the first song I remember thinking, "Well, maybe I can do something here." The very first one. By the second one I knew I could do something.

Like the British Constitution, she owes her success in practice to her inconsistencies in principle.

I always wanted to be normal. I tried really hard, but it's like I try so hard and then people still say I'm offbeat. I've learnt to accept that and take advantage of it as an actor.