Woman -a foe of friendship, an inescapable punishment, a necessary evil.

If you cannot find Christ in the beggar at the church door, you will not find Him in the chalice.

Prayer is the place of refuge for every worry, a foundation for cheerfulness, a source of constant happiness, a protection against sadness.

Not to share our own wealth with the poor is theft from the poor and deprivation of their means of life; we do not possess our own wealth, but theirs.

No matter how just your words may be, when you speak with anger, you ruin all: no matter how boldly you speak, how fairly reprove, or what not.

When you are weary of praying, and do not receive, consider how often you have heard a poor man calling, and have not listened to him.

The road to Hell is paved with the bones of priests and monks, and the skulls of bishops are the lamp posts that light the path.

To destroy the fetus 'is something worse than murder.' The one who does this 'does not take away life that has already been born, but prevents it from being born.'

There is nothing colder than a Christian who does not seek to save others.

The bee is more honored than other animals, not because she labors, but because she labors for others.

I am a Christian. He who answers thus has declared everything at once-his country, profession, family; the believer belongs to no city on earth but to the heavenly Jerusalem.

What matters is not the facts but how you discover and think about them.

Some there be that shadow kiss

What I see is sacred.

Cats of good breed hunt better fat than lean.

I worked on true Baconian principles, and without any theory collected facts.

What a different world it was when I first sailed for Europe in 1930, with my mother, sister, and brother to spend six months abroad.

He who says he hates all kinds of flattery, and says so in earnest, has undoubtedly not as yet become acquainted with all kinds of it, whether in substance or in form.

After I have said what is required by my vanity and my morality, I may find a moment for Truth.

Omelets are not made without breaking eggs.

It's a big mistake to try and mislead people. They will turn around.