Untilled soil, however fertile it may be, will bear thistles and thorns; so it is with man's mind.

Let nothing Disturb you, Let nothing frighten you, Though all things pass, God does not change. Patience wins all things. But he lacks nothing who possesses God; For God alone suffices.

Trust God that you are exactly where you are meant to be.

We always find that those who walked closest to Christ were those who had to bear the greatest trials.

Christ has no body now but mine. He prays in me, works in me, looks through my eyes, speaks through my words, works through my hands, walks with my feet and loves with my heart.

It is not a matter of thinking a great deal but of loving a great deal, so do whatever arouses you most to love.

Remember that you have only one soul; that you have only one death to die; that you have only one life. . . . If you do this, there will be many things about which you care nothing.

When we accept what happens to us and make the best of it, we are praising God.

Desire to see God, be fearful of losing Him, and find joy in everything that can lead to Him. If you act in this way, you will always live in great peace.

We may speak of love and humility as the true flowers of spiritual growth; and they give off a wonderful scent, which benefits all those who come near.

May God protect me from gloomy saints.

Many sorrows shall be to the wicked: but he that trusteth in the Lord, mercy shall compass him about.

One loses everything when one loses one's sense of humor.

If the answers to prayer are merely what God wills all along, then why pray?

I was brought up Catholic, and my family is still very religious.

I like elegance. I like art nouveau; a stretched line or curve. These things are very much in the foreground of my work.

Mothers are the most instinctive philosophers.

The future is bound to surprise us, but we don't have to be dumbfounded.

Experience may be hard but we claim its gifts because they are real, even though our feet bleed on its stones.

Isolated material particles are abstractions, their properties being definable and observable only through their interaction with other systems .

I knew Id have to go to Paris eventually, and I didnt want to be the provincial kid who just turns up and says, I want to act.