The very freedom which the sinner supposedly exercises in his self-indulgence is only another proof that he is ruled by the tyrant.

Moral principles do not depend on a majority vote. Wrong is wrong, even if everybody is wrong. Right is right, even if nobody is right.

There are not one hundred people in the United States who hate The Catholic Church, but there are millions who hate what they wrongly perceive the Catholic Church to be.

Patience is power. Patience is not an absence of action; rather it is "timing" it waits on the right time to act, for the right principles and in the right way.

Civilization is always in danger when those who have never learned to obey are given the right to command.

Prayer begins by talking to God, but it ends by listening to Him. In the face of Absolute Truth, silence is the soul's language.

God does not love us because we are valuable. We are valuable because God loves us.

The greatest love story of all time is contained in a tiny white Host.

A Catholic may sin and sin as badly as anyone else, but no genuine Catholic ever denies he is a sinner. A Catholic wants his sins forgiven - not excused or sublimated.

If you do not live what you believe, you will end up believing what you live.

There is no word more "dangerous" than liberalism, because to oppose it is the new "unforgivable sin."

It is during our failures that we discover our true desire for success.

It's very difficult to speak to a large group of people these days and not offend someone.

The most important thing in fighting was shooting, next the various tactics in coming into a fight and last of all flying ability itself.

Good breeding in cattle depends on physical health, but in men on a well-formed character.

Guess I'll weep awhile. Guess I won't, I mean.

There never was a great man yet who spent all his life inland.

It's so hard to find a director who, when you look at their body of work, you like everything.

The world is grown so full of dissimulation and compliment, that men's words are hardly any signification of their thoughts.

I believe that anyone using the phrase 'That's so cool' should have to stand in the corner.

Novels attempt to render human experience; that's really all they are. They are meant to convey empathy for the character.