We are not to look to what men in themselves deserve but to attend to the image of God which exists in all and to which we owe all honor and love.

Prayers will never reach God unless they are founded on free mercy.

Prayer unaccompanied by perseverance leads to no result.

He who has learned to look to God in everything he does is at the same time diverted from all vain thoughts.

Our true wisdom is to embrace with meek docility, and without reservation, whatever the holy scriptures have delivered.

It is now clear that faith is a singular pledge of paternal love, treasured up for the sons whom he has adopted.

The salvation of all the elect is not less certain than the power of God is invincible.

When God descends to us he, in a certain sense, abases himself and stammers with us, so He allows us to stammer with Him

He who neglects to pray alone and in private, however assiduously he frequents public meetings, there gives his prayers to the wind.

He regards it as the highest insult for the wicked to boast of His covenant while profaning His sacred Name by their whole lives.

Men in prayer give greater license to their unlawful desires than if they were telling jocular tales among their equals.

Be the master of your dreams, not a slave of your sorrows.

For a Hero cannot triumph all the time. Sometimes he will be defeated, and how he faces that defeat is a test of his character.

If a person starts neglecting the blessings of God and takes all God has given him as his own, then pride is inevitable

When I set goals, they're more tangible than becoming famous. You don't build a company or a foundation for fame.

A great novelist must open the reader's heart, allow the reader to remember the vastness and glory -- and shame and shabbiness -- of what it is to be human.

He had a winning smile, but everything else was a loser.

There is no reality on this earth except religion and the power of love; all the rest is even more fugitive than life itself.

I have the right of education. I have the right to play. I have the right to sing. I have the right to talk. I have the right to go to market. I have the right to speak up.

I look at subprime lending and I see the American dream in action.

I don't think you can have a better secretary of the Treasury than Hank Paulson.