We hold our tongues in check because if they are undisciplined they empty the soul of the strength of heavenly grace, and weaken its healthful vigour.

Do not be depressed. Do not let your weakness make you impatient. Instead, let the serenity of your spirit shine through your face. Let the joy of your mind burst forth.

He pours light into our minds, arouses our desire and gives us strength... As the soul is the life of the body, so the Holy Spirit is the life of our souls.

Nobody can fight properly and boldly for the faith if he clings to a fear of being stripped of earthly possessions.

Through a woman [Eve] a curse fell upon the earth; through a woman [Mary] as well there returned to the earth a blessing.

And what more should I say since it expels the whole host of the virtues from the chamber of the human heart and introduces every barbarous vice as if the bolts of the doors were pulled out.

I scourge both flesh and spirit because I know that I have offended in both flesh and spirit.

Mum liked to say that some things happen for a reason, that sometimes obstacles were there to stop you from doing something stupid.

The search for the soul is sacred adventure.

Strong communicators increase their influence because they are intentional and focused with their language.

Have as much fun as you can in life because you never know when it will end.

She dated me for 3/4 yrs and liked me so much that she married me and disliked me so much that she divorced me after 4 yrs.

Courage is what preserves our liberty, safety, life, and our homes and parents, our country and children. Courage comprises all things.

Programmers have not been professionals because they haven't really cared about quality.

I was born in a family of landless peasants, in Azinhaga, a small village in the province of Ribatejo, on the right bank of the Almonda River, around a hundred kilometres north-east of Lisbon.

I never think that there's something I can't do, whether it's beating my opponent one on one or practicing another hour because something about my game is just not right.

I always say that pain is information, that it is not punishment.