The life of the spirit is not our life, but the life of God within us.

Let nothing Disturb you, Let nothing frighten you, Though all things pass, God does not change. Patience wins all things. But he lacks nothing who possesses God; For God alone suffices.

Trust God that you are exactly where you are meant to be.

We always find that those who walked closest to Christ were those who had to bear the greatest trials.

Christ has no body now but mine. He prays in me, works in me, looks through my eyes, speaks through my words, works through my hands, walks with my feet and loves with my heart.

It is not a matter of thinking a great deal but of loving a great deal, so do whatever arouses you most to love.

Remember that you have only one soul; that you have only one death to die; that you have only one life. . . . If you do this, there will be many things about which you care nothing.

When we accept what happens to us and make the best of it, we are praising God.

Desire to see God, be fearful of losing Him, and find joy in everything that can lead to Him. If you act in this way, you will always live in great peace.

We may speak of love and humility as the true flowers of spiritual growth; and they give off a wonderful scent, which benefits all those who come near.

May God protect me from gloomy saints.

Never despair if you have to start at the bottom

Don't be discouraged. At times the path to truth is circuitous. The point is not to succeed, only to smile eternally.

When you start separating people from their rivers, what have you got? Bureaucracy!

There are a thousand no's for every yes.

He wished he had some kind of X-ray vision for the human heart.

I really wanted to talk about the War on Terror and say that both sides were completely incompetent [in addressing it]. You can't blame the other side when you're involved in it.

Patience and shuffle the cards.

If a socialist economy is opened up to increasing degrees of market forces, a point will be reached at which democratic governance becomes a possibility.

One who strictly prosecutes the misdemeanors of others will find not condescension towards his own.

Writers are not always right however, but then again, I've been on shows where the actors have complete control and change everything and it's terrible.