To love can mean 'to love oneself, ' and often love is no more than a juxtaposition of two solitudes.

A dimple on the chin, the devil within.

Modern man listens more willingly to witnesses than to teachers, and if he does listen to teachers, it is because they are witnesses.

If you want peace, work for justice.

Every mother is like Moses. She does not enter the promised land. She prepares a world she will not see.

The Mass is the most perfect form of prayer.

Are there memories left that are safe from the clutches of phony anniversaries?

Through some crack the smoke of satan has entered into the Church of God.

Technological society has succeeded in multiplying the opportunities for pleasure, but it has great difficulty in generating joy.

Liturgy is like a strong tree whose beauty is derived from the continuous renewal of its leaves, but whose strength comes from the old trunk, with solid roots in the ground.

We must see to it that enthusiasm for the future does not give rise to contempt for the past.

I may deserve your disappointment as well as a lecture and strict discipline, but what I need is your understanding, your guidance, and your unconditional love.

The destiny of a man is determined by his daily action, God won't allow you go anywhere, if you don't make an attempt to move.

Both Rowling and Meyer, they’re speaking directly to young people. … The real difference is that Jo Rowling is a terrific writer and Stephenie Meyer can’t write worth a darn. She’s not very good.

O medo corta mais profundamente do que as espadas.

Even as a very small child I used to talk to God.

To say that its wrong to feel this way is not the point; you do feel it. All you see is a flash of fire and, depending on your altitude, you don't even see that sometimes.

When God is a father, he is said to be elsewhere. When God is a mother, she is said to be everywhere.

Without the anticipation of better things ahead, we will have no heart for the journey.

Alternate history fascinates me, as it fascinates all novelists, because 'What if?' is the big thing.

Do-so is more important than say-so.