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

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.

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.

You're cute when you're worried. Your eyebrows get all scrunched together.

Where you are in consciousness has everything to do with what you see in experience.

I'm very proud of my flops, as much as of my successes.

Leo simply goes one way with his body and another with the ball. You have to either guess right or foul him.

It’s never a good thing when the black volhv says “Uh-oh” and then runs for his life.

I didn’t realize that one tragedy can beget another, and another — bright-eyed disasters flooding out of a death hole like bats out of a cave.

It was only for two years, and I jumped from family to family. It's very scary.

What if the house catches fire?” “Roast marshmallows. And if it floods, you’ll go down with the ship. If there’s a tornado, I’ll meet both you and this house in Oz, after my shift. Got it?

Don't choose the better person, choose the person who makes a better you.

If the novelist isn't surprised by where his book ends up, he or she probably hasn't written anything worth remembering.