Without humility of heart all the other virtues by which one runs toward God seem - and are - absolutely worthless.

Humility exists only in those who are poor enough to see that they possess nothing of their own.

Our perfection certainly consists in knowing God and ourselves.

This whole world is full of God!

So great was my joy in God that I took no heed of looking at the angels and the saints, because all their goodness and all their beauty was from Him and in Him.

By virtue of love is the lover transformed in the beloved and the beloved transformed in the lover.

Holy Scripture is so exalted that there is no one in the world ... wise enough to understand it so fully that his intellect is not overcome by it. Nevertheless, man can stammer something about it.

There is neither father, nor mother, nor son, nor any other person whatsoever who can embrace the object beloved with so great a love as that wherewith God embraceth the soul.

Our condition is most noble, being so beloved of the Most High God that He was willing to die for our sake- which He would not have done if man had not been a most noble creature and of great worth.

So great was my joy in God that I took no heed of looking at the angels and the saints because all their goodness and all their beauty was from Him and in Him.

Our condition is most noble being so beloved of the Most High God that He was willing to die for our sake- which He would not have done if man had not been a most noble creature and of great worth.

Sincerity’ and ‘morality’ is the basement of this world.

Yes, one can wager war in this world, ape love, torture one’s fellow man, or merely say evil of one’s neighbor while knitting. But, in certain cases, carrying on, merely continuing, is superhuman.

Things were a lot simpler in Detroit. I didn't care about anything but boyfriends.

Crises in themselves are highly educational.

A single candle can light a thousand more without diminishing itself.

After a lifetime of nods, frowns and stoic smiles, they were both fluent in emotional shorthand.

Why is it alright to be going around, going mental with a gun, shooting all the monkeys and killing them? Because one day we're going to run out.

Authentic stardom ... is a gift which, if it is to have any permanent significance, must be bestowed by a public rather than a manager.

I go over many games collections and pick up something from the style of each player.

Two equally steep and bold paths may lead to the same peak. To act as if death did not exist, or to act thinking every minute of death, is perhaps the same thing.