The rich man is not one who is in possession of much, but one who gives much.

If you cannot find Christ in the beggar at the church door, you will not find Him in the chalice.

Prayer is the place of refuge for every worry, a foundation for cheerfulness, a source of constant happiness, a protection against sadness.

Not to share our own wealth with the poor is theft from the poor and deprivation of their means of life; we do not possess our own wealth, but theirs.

No matter how just your words may be, when you speak with anger, you ruin all: no matter how boldly you speak, how fairly reprove, or what not.

When you are weary of praying, and do not receive, consider how often you have heard a poor man calling, and have not listened to him.

The road to Hell is paved with the bones of priests and monks, and the skulls of bishops are the lamp posts that light the path.

To destroy the fetus 'is something worse than murder.' The one who does this 'does not take away life that has already been born, but prevents it from being born.'

There is nothing colder than a Christian who does not seek to save others.

The bee is more honored than other animals, not because she labors, but because she labors for others.

I am a Christian. He who answers thus has declared everything at once-his country, profession, family; the believer belongs to no city on earth but to the heavenly Jerusalem.

When you are worried about thinking why you can't, you are losing the reasons why you should.

I think perfection is ugly. Somewhere in the things humans make, I want to see scars, failure, disorder, distortion.

Life isn't always about finding yourself. More often than not, it's about discovering who God created you to be.

You are very amiable, no doubt, but you would be charming if you would only depart.

If your name is Sepp, at the bare minimum you’ve strangled someone in a bar fight.

It will never be about our love for God. It will always be about His magnificent love for us.

Losing as much money as I can get hold of is an instant solution to my economic problems.

And, uh, I did that, and there was nothing more ridiculous to me than finding the weight of the earth because I didn't care how much the earth weighed.

Politics is tricky; it cuts both ways. Every time you make a choice, it has unintended consequences.

I write books back to back, and I work very hard on them.