This is the very perfection of a man, to find out his own imperfections.

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.

The real generosity is when a man does something generous when nobody knows about it.

Have you ever gotten so sad that it actually feels GOOD to do something you know will make you even sadder?

Happiness? That's nothing more than health and a poor memory.

Poetry is the gate through which I enter the land of enchantment. Once inside the flaming wall, my limitations fall from me, and my spirit is free.

Perpetual pushing and assurance put a difficulty out of countenance and make a seeming difficulty gives way.

Nobody seriously believes the universe was made by God without being persuaded that He takes care of His works.

One does have to learn to travel with a degree of humility and that reflected in writing and personality.

Courage isn't about knowing the path, it's about taking the first step.

It's like I'm managing to achieve all this success in spite of my affliction ... Would you ever put that in the headline for a male star?

I'm definitely post-something.