Virtues are formed by prayer. Prayer preserves temperance. Prayer suppresses anger. Prayer prevents emotions of pride and envy. Prayer draws into the soul the Holy Spirit, and raises man to Heaven.

Let books be your dining table, / And you shall be full of delights. / Let them be your mattress,/And you shall sleep restful nights

Blessed the one who continually humbles himself willingly; he will be crowned by the One who willingly humbled himself for our sake.

No one is truly poor but except the one who lacks the truth.

Anyone who wants to be an example to others, must first examine himself.

O Lord, we cannot go to the pool of Siloe to which you sent the blind man. But we have the chalice of Your Precious Blood, filled with life and light. The purer we are, the more we receive.

Be a lamp in brightness, and make the works of darkness cease, so that whenever your doctrine shines, no one may dare to heed the desires of darkness.

Don't let your eyes look here and there, and don't look on someone elses' beauty, so that the devil will not conquer you with the help of your eyes.

Like the apple of Thine eye preserve me, O Lord God; defend me and beneath Thy wings shelter me from temptations.

Scripture brought me to the Gate of Paradise, and the mind stood in wonder as it entered.

Whoever fears God stands above all manner of fear. He has become a stranger to all the fear of this world and placed it far from himself, and no manner of trembling comes near him.

But maybe you carried your demons with you everywhere, the way you carried your shadow.

The best conversation I had was over forty million years ago, ' continued Marvin.

Forgiveness says you are given another chance to make a new beginning.

I'm doing four hours of gymnastics training a day, six days a week and then an extra two to three hours in a fitness center as well.

Now I understand,” said the last man.

Men may die, but the fabric of our free institutions remains unshaken.

That seems to be the way of things. Everyone takes, everyone gives. Life is like that.

Will you tell me how to prevent riches from producing luxury? Will you tell me how to prevent luxury from producing effeminacy, intoxication, extravagance, vice and folly?

There's no way to repay a mother's love, or lack of it.

Education must award self-confidence, the courage to depend on one's own strength.