Those who say the Rosary daily and wear the Brown Scapular and who do a little more, will go straight to Heaven.

The past is no longer yours; the future is not yet in your power. You have only the present wherein to do good.

He who trusts himself is lost. He who trusts in God can do all things.

Acquire the habit of speaking to God as if you were alone with Him, familiarly and with confidence and love, as to the dearest and most loving of friends.

Your God is ever beside you - indeed, He is even within you.

There is a practice that is most powerful in keeping us united with God. That practice is the constant recollection of His presence.

He who wishes to find Jesus should seek Him, not in the delights and pleasures of the world, but in mortification of the senses.

When we have to reply to anyone who has insulted us, we should be careful to do it always with gentleness. A soft answer extinguishes the fire of wrath.

What grieves me most in my past offenses, O my loving God, is not so much the punishment I have deserved, as the displeasure I have given You, Who are worthy of infinite love.

True charity consists in doing good to those who do us evil, and in thus winning them over.

There is no one, after God, who loves us as much as this most loving Mother does.

In the wrong environment your weakness is evident, but in the right environment, you function from a place of strength.

We cannot earn God’s blessing, it is an expression of His unending love to people

My dream went all the way back to the beginning. The rain rose into the clouds, and the animals descended the ramp.

A deliberate plan is not always necessary for the highest art

My heart feels not so much in my chest as in my hands. I am carrying it along swiftly, as though I have become the messenger for what is going on inside me.

Where would we be without it, memory? Well, it'll never die here. Never in this country. We feed it too well.

Beauty lies between the erotic and the tragic.

Money often costs too much.

Even stones have a love, a love that seeks the ground.

If the movie is terrible, then the 3D sucks. If the movie is fantastic, then the 3D is good.