We must offer ourselves to God like a clean, smooth canvas and not worry ourselves about what God may choose to paint on it, but at each moment, feel only the stroke of His brush.

The soul, light as a feather, fluid as water, innocent as a child, responds to every movement of grace like a floating balloon.

What God arranges for us to experience at each moment is the best and holiest thing that could happen to us.

The present moment holds infinite riches beyond your wildest dreams.

God speaks to every individual through what happens to them moment by moment.

God teaches the soul by pains and obstacles, not by ideas.

There is no peace more wonderful than the peace we enjoy when faith shows us God in all created things.

The duties of each moment are the shadows beneath which hides the divine operation.

All created things are living in the Hand of God. The senses see only the action of the creatures; but faith sees in everything the action of God.

The books the Holy Spirit is writing are living, and every soul a volume in which the divine author makes a true revelation of his word, explaining it to every heart, unfolding it in every moment.

If we wish to quench our thirst, we must lay aside books which explain thirst and take a drink.

A masterpiece does not unfurl its wings immediately. It takes time. It will fly when it is ready.

The eye that mocketh at his father and despiseth to obey his mother the ravens of the valley shall pick it out and the young eagles shall eat it.

I always tend to say "no" to everything, but now I've decided to say "yes" to everything. Now, I'm doing all sorts of things that I would've said "no" to before.

I'm sophisticated, charming, suave, and debonair, Professor. But I have never claimed to be civilized.

I want not, that everybody hears about. Then I can't longer be myself.

I've probably understood men too well. I realise they are predatory by nature, and I have a certain acceptance of the male animal.

On the day, therefore, when I went to the church to be confirmed, with a number of others, I suffered extremely from the reproaches of my conscience.

By His Resurrection, Christ conquered sin and death, destroyed Satan's dark kingdom, freed the enslaved human race and broke the seal on the greatest mysteries of God and man.

I would listen most particularly to the countries whose language I didn't understand, didn't know what they were singing. But being a singer myself, I could understand because of the emotion.

Never producing pain by thought, word, and deed, in any living being, is what is called Ahimsâ, non-injury.