We make ourselves a ladder out of our vices if we trample the vices themselves underfoot.

To fall in love with God is the greatest romance; to seek him the greatest adventure; to find him, the greatest human achievement.

Patience is the companion of wisdom.

A Christian is: a mind through which Christ thinks, a heart through which Christ loves, a voice through which Christ speaks, and a hand through which Christ helps.

Take care of your body as if you were going to live forever; and take care of your soul as if you were going to die tomorrow.

The truth is like a lion; you don’t have to defend it. Let it loose; it will defend itself.

Because God has made us for Himself, our hearts are restless until they rest in Him.

Faith is to believe what you do not see; the reward of this faith is to see what you believe.

Pray as though everything depended on God. Work as though everything depended on you.

Hope has two beautiful daughters; their names are Anger and Courage. Anger at the way things are, and Courage to see that they do not remain as they are.

There is no saint without a past, no sinner without a future.

...what is romance, but a mutual pact of delusion? When the pact ends, there's nothing left.

The future is not some place we are going to, but one we are creating. The paths to it are not found but made.

A true dreamer must be prepared to make any sacrifice for his dream. Even if it means sacrificing himself. The dream must be everything. (The Cardinal to Capac Raimi)

It seems to me we can never give up longing and wishing while we are thoroughly alive. There are certain things we feel to be beautiful and good, and we must hunger after them.

I never thought I would live long enough to see the legal profession change to the extent it has.

One's life should be sufficiently interesting to furnish entertainment in the record.

The moral development of a civilization is measured by the breadth of its sense of community.

Payday at my house is like the Academy Awards. My wife says: May I have the envelope please.

I'm no lady; I'm a member of Congress, and I'll proceed on that basis.

We never cry out to God and receive a returned check stamped 'Insufficient grace.'