There is nothing pleasurable except what is in harmony with the utmost depths of our divine nature.

I have often repented of having spoken. I have never repented of silence.

Suffering is the ancient law of love; there is no quest without pain; there is no lover who is not also a martyr.

Let each look to himself and see what God wants of him and attend to this, leaving all else alone.

It is inner abandonment that leads men to the highest truth.

Suffering is a short pain and a long joy.

By ignorance the truth is known.

Nowhere does Jesus hear our prayers more readily than in the Blessed Sacrament

After big storms there follow bright days.

Let each look to himself and see what God wants of him and attend to this leaving all else alone.

I have three favorite politicians: Reagan, Truman, and Bobby Kennedy - Bobby for showing remarkable political courage despite being loathed by many on both sides.

I do kabbalistic meditation. It's not unlike time travel it can change the past and not just the future. You can look at what was lost and go beyond the grief of what was lost.

Praying men must be strong in hope, and faith, and prayer.

Nothing happens to man without the permission of God.

A pretty girl is like a melody. That haunts you night and day.

This world is gradually becoming a place Where I do not care to be any more.

Curiosity may have killed the cat, but it was the sausage-maker who disposed of the body.

The forests of Russia and Brazil are the lungs of the Earth.

Death happens to the body with which it is associated, with which it mixes. The delusion that the body is the core, that the body is real, that verily is the death.

The rich is the one that rules over those of little means, and the borrower is servant to the man doing the lending.