You need a heart which is in love, not an easy life, to achieve happiness.

Understand this well: there is something holy, something divine hidden in the most ordinary situations, and it is up to each one of you to discover it.

Either we learn to find the Lord in the ordinary everyday life or else we shall never find him

Don't say, "That person bothers me." Think: "That person sanctifies me".

You're bored? That's because you keep your senses awake and your soul asleep.

Put your heart aside. Duty comes first. But when fulfilling your duty, put your heart into it. It helps.

To begin is for everyone. To persevere is for saints.

Say the Holy Rosary. Blessed be that monotony of Hail Mary's which purifies the monotony of your sins!

You don't know how to pray? Put yourself in the presence of God, and as soon as you have said, 'Lord, I don't know how to pray!' you can be sure you have already begun.

When you approach the tabernacle remember that he has been waiting for you for twenty centuries.

To defend his purity, Saint Francis of Assisi rolled in the snow, Saint Benedict threw himself into a thorn bush, and Saint Bernard plunged into an icy pond... You - what have you done?

It's time, my childrenWhen the waves rise high When the waters run deepWhen the clock strikes midnightYou'll feel the mark of Zero HourAnd you'll never be the same again

Boxing, mixed martial arts and tennis are the hardest sports to train for.

Absolute silence leads to sadness. It is the image of death.

It is often easier to become outraged by injustice half a world away than by oppression and discrimination half a block from home.

We didn't stow away!" Dan protested. "You sunk our boat and pulled us out of the canal!" "Good point," Ian agreed. "Return them to the canal. Roughly, please.

One reason I left local news was that I was tired of the constant musical chairs among news directors.

I don't go to the gym because I don't have time, but I do pilates workout DVDs for 20 minutes or more every day at home.

The discovery of God begins at understanding that He ought to exist, and ends at knowing how He could exist.

In this sense, science, as physicist Steven Weinberg has emphasized, does not make it impossible to believe in God, but rather makes it possible to not believe in God.

I don't pretend to know anything about art. I make pictures for entertainment, and then the professors tell me what they mean.