True love is measured by the thermometer of suffering.

Pure love ... knows that only one thing is needed to please God: to do even the smallest things out of great love - love, and always love.

Patience, prayer and silence-these are what give strength to the soul.

Help me, O Lord, that my hands may be merciful and filled with good deeds, so that I may do only good to my neighbors.

Suffering is the greatest treasure on earth; it purifies the soul. In suffering, we learn who our true friend is.

O King of glory, though you hide your beauty, yet the eye of my soul rends the veil. I see the angelic choirs giving you honor without cease.

He who wants to learn true humility should reflect upon the Passion of Jesus. (267)

Entrust everything to Me and do nothing on your own, and you will always have great freedom of spirit.

I demand from you deeds of mercy which are to arise out of love for me. You are to show mercy to your neighbors always and everywhere. You must not shrink from this or try to excuse yourself from it.

God is very generous and does not deny His grace to anyone. Indeed he gives more than what we ask of Him. Faithfulness to the inspirations of the Holy Spirit-that is the shortest route.

How can one be pleasing to God when one is inflated with pride and self-love under the pretense of striving for Gods glory, while in fact one is seeking ones own glory?

Without challenge we fail to develop the higher self.

A nation forgetting its own laughter is in a sad state of affairs

I exaggerate when I’m angry, but I’ve never gone around telling people things that aren’t true about me.

To be without pity for other mens falls, is an evident sign that we shall fall ourselves shortly.

Trust is an absurd phenomenon, logically absurd. That's why logic always says love is blind, although love has its own eyes, far more deep-going...still, to logic it is blind.

I want people to go to the movies. I am the man of the spectacle. I'm playing.

Only destruction of the enemy can be called victory.

I thought he wanted it, anyway," I say. "Not like this," Haymitch says. "He wanted it to be real.

God made no mistakes when He created you. You were uniquely designed for success in your purpose.

I think acting is an important profession, because acting can give you pleasure and can teach you at the same time, and that is a good thing.