The presence of God calms the soul, and gives it quiet and repose.

Exactness and neatness in moderation is a virtue, but carried to extremes narrows the mind.

All wars are civil wars, because all men are brothers.

The art of cookery is the art of poisoning mankind, by rendering the appetite still importunate, when the wants of nature are supplied.

A general rule for the good use of time is to accustom oneself to live in a continual dependence on the Spirit of God.

All earthly delights are sweeter in expectation than in enjoyment; but all spiritual pleasures more in fruition than in expectation.

The more you say, the less people remember.

The greatest of all crosses is self. If we die in part every day, we shall have but little to do on the last. These little daily deaths will destroy the power of the final dying.

Of all the duties enjoined by Christianity none is more essential and yet more neglected than prayer.

Let gratitude for the past inspire us with trust for the future.

How rare it is to find a soul quiet enough to hear God speak.

The United States must join the rest of the industrialized world, guarantee health care to all people as a right.

All modeling efforts will inevitably converge on the result most likely to lead to further funding.

Catholic doctrine and discipline may be walls; but they are the walls of a playground.

The quiet was so deep that their feet seemed to thump along while all the trees leaned over them and listened.

But none of us wants to be average. That we are so is a melancholy fact borne in upon us in middle life, and we do not always relish it.

The less judgment the more curiosity, and the more curiosity the more creativity.

Put the Team Before Yourself.

I got to meet Mark Hamill. He signed some Star Wars posters for us. I saw the fight scenes he had. He was really into making fun of himself and Star Wars.

There has to be a beginning somewhere and my thing is that I am going to give it all I got.