We ought to act with God in the greatest simplicity, speak to Him frankly and plainly, and implore His assistance in our affairs.

And it is not necessary to have great things to do. I turn my little omelette in the pan for the love of God.

To worship God in truth is to recognize Him for being who He is, and to recognize ourselves for what we are.

We ought not to be weary of doing little things for the love of God, who regards not the greatness of the work, but the love with which it is performed.

There's no greater lifestyle and no greater happiness than that of having a continual conversation with God.

In order to know God, we must often think of Him; and when we come to love Him, we shall then also think of Him often, for our heart will be with our treasure.

There is not in the world a kind of life more sweet and delightful, than that of a continual conversation with God; those only can comprehend it who practice and experience it.

Lord of all pots and pans and things make me a saint by getting meals and washing up the plates!

There is no sweeter manner of living in the world than continuous communion with God.

You need not cry very loud; he is nearer to us than we think.

Let us think often that our only business in this life is to please God. Perhaps all besides is but folly and vanity.

When leaves begin to sprout, we know spring season is here.

It is a poor critic who says that a lack of effect on them implies all others are insincere in their love.

There can be no substitute for work neither affection nor physical well-being can replace it.

I always found the appeal to the market gods a bit odd. Why would the market fix mistakes instead of aggravating them?

Anything that is of value in life only multiplies when it is given.

I am not ashamed to admit that I belong to those who fantasize that literature is capable of bringing new horizons and new perspectives--philosophical, religious, aesthetical and even social.

The first time anything happens to you - your first love, your first success - the second one is never the same.

I like Scottish people because they feel very true. They're always level and straight. They get a reputation for being hardened because of it, but I find them to be scrupulously honest people.

By furnishing this already crowded world with a duplicate one of images, photography makes us feel that the world is more available than it really is.

There are thousands of good reasons why magic doesn't rule the world. They're called Witches and Wizards.