The family is the key of Christmas.

If we do not fill our mind with prayer, it will fill itself with anxieties, worries, temptations, resentments, and unwelcome memories.

God sometimes gives us what we want so we'll learn to trust Him to give us what we need.

A joyless Catholic is the devil's best tool. A joyful Catholic is God's greatest instrument.

We...sin not because we want what is evil, but because we want what isn't good enough.

If you complain to someone, you assume that it's someone who really cares about you.

Love is something worth suffering for.

At the root of all misery is unfulfilled desire.

To go to Mass is to go to Heaven.

Only when we cease to rely on our own strength can we discover that God's strength is always there for us.

The Mass-and I mean every single Mass-is heaven on earth. Literally.

Government can only reign over a classes-divided society.

The period before the dawn of knowledge is called the age of darkness.

Generally, I like making my own mistakes and learning from them because that's what I think life is about.

The deep art... That's the part that has to be guarded like a miser would his money... Like a dope addict would his dope... Like a lover with their love.

I also was a huge 'Dukes of Hazzard' fan. I used to have T-shirts that said 'Dierks of Hazzard' custom-made.

Art is the ideal medium for making contact with the transcendental, or at least for getting close to it.

As a 10-year-old girl, I would listen to my grandmother discuss issues, and she made a lasting impression on me.

I am notorious. I will go down in history as another Lady Hamilton.

I've known for quite a while that I was a funny girl.

Corruption is a true enemy to development.