The wisest persons, surprised by some passion, often say things they later regret.

Charity is the cement which binds Communities to God and persons to one another . . .

If God is the center of your life, no words are necessary. Your mere presence will touch hearts.

We should strive to keep our hearts open to the sufferings and wretchedness of other people, and pray continually that God may grant us that spirit of compassion which is truly the spirit of God.

We should spend as much time in thanking God for his benefits as we do in asking him for them.

The most powerful weapon to conquer the devil is humility. For, as he does not know at all how to employ it, neither does he know how to defend himself from it.

We must love our neighbor as being made in the image of God and as an object of His love.

Make it a practice to judge persons and things in the most favorable light at all times and under all circumstances.

Let us do our duty well; let us go straight to God; let us work to become very humble, very patient, very mortified, and very charitable.

God allows us to give rise to the practice of two beautiful virtues: perseverance, which leads us to attain the goal, and constancy, which helps us to overcome difficulties.

Let us allow God to act; He brings things to completion when we least expect it.

We seek God so earnestly, Eliav reflected, not to find Him but to discover ourselves.

Great God of wonders

If any blame or fault attaches to the attempt, it is mine alone.

The world, as it is, is not a permanent reality, but is a temporary product of our choices as creators.

My philosophy in life is, Decide what you want to do. You have to have something to hope for.

Although every man believes that his decisions and resolutions involve the most multifarious factors, in reality they are mere oscillation between flight and longing.

When I was a teenager in the late 30's and early 40's, electronics wasn't a word. You were interested in radio if you were interested in electronics.

The camera's only job is to get out of the way of making photographs.

Meanwhile, life keeps moving forward. The truth is, there's no better time to be happy than right now. If not now, when?

I would have absolutely messed up 'The Matrix'.