The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page.

Christ is not valued at all, unless he is valued above all.

O Holy Spirit, descend plentifully into my heart. Enlighten the dark corners of this neglected dwelling and scatter there Thy cheerful beams.

The Holy Scriptures are our letters from home.

You never go away from us, yet we have difficulty in returning to You. Come, Lord, stir us up and call us back. Kindle and seize us. Be our fire and our sweetness. Let us love. Let us run.

Yet we must say something when those who say the most are saying nothing.

There are wolves within, and there are sheep without.

Forgiveness is the remission of sins. For it is by this that what has been lost, and was found, is saved from being lost again.

He cannot have God for his Father who will not have the Church for his mother.

God had one son on earth without sin, but never one without suffering.

In my deepest wound I saw your glory, and it dazzled me.

Any profound view of the world is mysticism. It has, of course, to deal with life and the world, both of which are nonrational entities.

But youth isn't happy. Youth is sadder than age.

to be sure, marriage is all in all with the ladies; but with us gentlemen it's quite another thing!

When you write for very young children what they want is something familiar and safe and stereotyped.

Don't wish for less problems; wish for more skills.

Marilyn was one step from oblivion when I directed her in The Asphalt Jungle. I remember she impressed me more off the screen than on…there was something touching and appealing about her.

If you maintain a consistent political position long enough, you'll eventually be accused of treason.

A man who wants the truth becomes a scientist; a man who wants to give free play to his subjectivity may become a writer; but what should a man do who wants something in between?

When you try to understand everything, you will not understand anything. The best way is to understand yourself, and then you will understand everything.

It's a battered old suitcase and a hotel someplace and a wound that will never heal.