When we accept what happens to us and make the best of it, we are praising God.

Let nothing Disturb you, Let nothing frighten you, Though all things pass, God does not change. Patience wins all things. But he lacks nothing who possesses God; For God alone suffices.

Trust God that you are exactly where you are meant to be.

We always find that those who walked closest to Christ were those who had to bear the greatest trials.

Christ has no body now but mine. He prays in me, works in me, looks through my eyes, speaks through my words, works through my hands, walks with my feet and loves with my heart.

It is not a matter of thinking a great deal but of loving a great deal, so do whatever arouses you most to love.

Remember that you have only one soul; that you have only one death to die; that you have only one life. . . . If you do this, there will be many things about which you care nothing.

Desire to see God, be fearful of losing Him, and find joy in everything that can lead to Him. If you act in this way, you will always live in great peace.

We may speak of love and humility as the true flowers of spiritual growth; and they give off a wonderful scent, which benefits all those who come near.

May God protect me from gloomy saints.

What peace can we hope to find elsewhere if we have none within us

Both the thoughts and the senses were pretty things, the ultimate meaning was hidden behind both of them... from both the secret voices of the innermost truth had to be attentively perceived.

All answers that you seek can only be found within.

Jordan Mullen is looking at me like I'm something he wants to scrape off his shoe and right then my heart breaks, but somehow beats on.

I beat a brain tumor.

An armed man will kill an unarmed man with monotonous regularity.

To be in love is not the same as loving. You can be in love with a woman and still hate her.

There are men whose presence infuses trust and reverence.

When women smoke, it is hard for them to quit because they are so worried about their weight; it's a vanity issue and a mindset.

To pray is to accept that we are, and always will be, wholly dependent on God for everything.