The first degree of humility is prompt obedience.

Whenever you begin any good work you should first of all make a most pressing appeal to Christ our Lord to bring it to perfection.

Listen and attend with the ear of your heart.

Be careful to be gentle, lest in removing the rust, you break the whole instrument.

He should first show them in deeds rather than words all that is good and holy.

There is nothing better to display the truth in an excellent light, than a clear and simple statement of facts.

Prayer ought to be short and pure, unless it be prolonged by the inspiration of Divine grace.

Before all, and above all, attention shall be paid to the care of the sick, so that they shall be served as if they were Christ Himself.

Run while you have the light of life!

The first step of humility is unhesitating obedience which comes naturally to those who cherish Christ above all.

Idleness is the enemy of the soul; and therefore the brethren ought to be employed in manual labor at certain times, at others, in devout reading.

Beauty is the only master to serve.

Oh human creatures, born to soar aloft, Why fall ye thus before a little wind?

When the voices of democracy are silenced, freedom becomes a hollow concept. No man or woman should be sentenced to the shadows of silence for something he or she has said or written.

I am a moment illuminating eternity....I am affirmation...I am ecstasy.

There are many photographs which are full of life but which are confusing and difficult to remember. It is the force of an image which matters.

I don't want to get into an argument at the bar with some old racist homophobic person.

We were all born carrying a promise -- a promise to make the world better -- and there's a yearning to make good on that promise that none of us can suppress forever.

I've been told the weirdest things: 'Yeah, I love taking a bath to your music!' or 'I gave birth to my daughter while listening to your music.'

People aren't wired to be alone. Even in the stressful population of prison, solitary confinement is still considered a cruel punishment.

Everybody makes mistakes, that's why they put erasers on pencils