The state of marriage is one that requires more virtue and constancy than any other; it is a perpetual exercise in mortification.

What we need is a cup of understanding, a barrel of love, and an ocean of patience.

Half an hour's meditation each day is essential, except when you are busy. Then a full hour is needed.

Great occasions for serving God come seldom, but little ones surround us daily.

Anxiety is the greatest evil that can befall a soul, except sin. God commands you to pray, but He forbids you to worry.

Faith is like a bright ray of sun light. It enables us to see God in all things as well as all things in God.

Have patience with all things, But, first of all with yourself.

I have made a pact with my tongue, not to speak when my heart is disturbed.

Let us think only of spending the present day well. Then when tomorrow shall have come, it will be called today, and then we will think about it.

Nothing is so strong as gentleness, nothing so gentle as real strength.

Never be in a hurry; do everything quietly and in a calm spirit. Do not lose your inner peace for anything whatsoever, even if your whole world seems upset.

I wanted only a familiar voice, someone who knew me. Not some earlier, larval version of myself. . .

Expectations from others is your biggest weakness.

Most recently, Richman et al (1997) have argued that a four-dimensional

Let's hit the joke once and move on to the next joke and just keep it where we have as many jokes per square inch as possible.

Part of living your life is an awareness of the opportunities that can be missed and an awareness that time moves in one direction.

Doing anything on a movie at Sundance is great.

I'm right here right now and I want now to be the Golden Age ...if only each generation would realize that the time for greatness is right now when they're alive ... the time to flower is now.

I used to roll up: this is a hold up, ain't nuthin funny. Stop smiling, be still, don't nuthin move but the money.

Ah, you fight like a sissy demon. (Takeshi) Sissy demon? Have you ever met a sissy demon? (Savitar) I killed three this morning. (Takeshi)

The universe really is motion & nothing else.