The first glass is for myself, the second for my friends, the third for good humor, and the forth for my enemies.

The only way for a rich man to be healthy is by exercise and abstinence, to live as if he were poor.

The first ingredient in conversation is truth, the next good sense, the third good humor, and the fourth wit.

When I pray, coincidences happen, and when I don't, they don't.

Humility does not mean thinking less of yourself than of other people, nor does it mean having a low opinion of your own gifts. It means freedom from thinking about yourself at all.

The best rules to form a young man are: to talk little, to hear much, to reflect alone upon what has passed in company, to distrust one's own opinions, and value others that deserve it.

The greatest medicine is a true friend.

It is sometimes said that conduct is supremely important and worship helps it. The truth is that worship is supremely important and conduct tests it

True worship is when a person, through their person, attains intimacy and friendship with God.

If your prayer is selfish, the answer will be something that will rebuke your selfishness. You may not recognize it as having come at all, but it is sure to be there.

A man's wisdom is his best friend; folly, his worst enemy.

Did you get notes for me?""No", Ronan replied, "I thought you were dead in a ditch.

Stop waiting for the perfect day or the perfect moment... Take THIS day, THIS moment and lead it to perfection.

Writing is thinking. To write well is to think clearly. That's why it's so hard.", July/Aug. 2002, Vol. 23/No. 4)

The infinite distance between the mind & the body is a symbol of the distance that is infinitely more, between the intellect & love, for love is divine.

Don’t let hatred control you, no matter what others do that causes [anger]. You would only become guilty of the same sin that afflicts them, and nothing would be solved.

There are fascinating possibilities in this situation. I'd get it down on paper if I were you.

True artists scorn nothing.

In a culture defined by shades of gray, I think the absolute black and white choices in dark young adult novels are incredibly satisfying for readers.

I love fashion. I love couture. I'm going to erect a shelf in my bedroom with an art light to be the spot for the shoes of the month.

I'm trying to make enough money where I can be financially independent and be able to go and just pursue that thing that everybody really needs, just pursue my family and the cause of my family