DJ Paul Quotes

Our attitude determines our altitude.

We must reflect the light of Christ through lives of prayer and joyful service to others.

There is no place for selfishness-and no place for fear! Do not be afraid, then, when love makes demands. Do not be afraid when love requires sacrifice

I encourage Christians regularly to visit Christ present in the Blessed Sacrament, for we are all called to abide in the presence of God.

It was a big relief off my shoulder.

Open your minds and hearts to the beauty of all that God has made and to His special, personal love for each one of you.

Where, if not in the Divine Mercy, can the world find refuge and the light of hope?

I believe that love is the choice we make to raise ourselves and others to the highest planes of existence.

By the way, when I say cut taxes, I don't mean fiddle with the code. I mean abolish the income tax and the IRS, and replace them with nothing.

If you ever can bring about revolutionary changes, two things would be required: young people would have to be involved and you would need music.

In a free society we're supposed to know the truth. In a society where truth becomes treason, then we're in big trouble. And now, people who are revealing the truth are getting into trouble for it.

I do feel I have a responsibility to the youths. For real.

Nature makes trees put down deep roots before having them bear fruit, and even this is done gradually.

It is not easy to find perfect men in whom there is nothing to criticize.

Without [firmness] I see the majority of Communities that are lax reach that state because of the excessive leniency of Superiors. So, be firm, Monsieur.

Two people can form a community by excluding a third.

Reality is what trips you up when you walk around with your eyes closed.

Often times, the greatest peace comes of surrender.

God made everything out of nothing. But the nothingness shows through.

George wrote Taxman, and I played guitar on it. He wrote it in anger at finding out what the taxman did. He had never known before then what could happen to your money.

Every man regards his own life as the New Year's Eve of time.

I've always wanted to race cars, ever since I was a young boy, as I think a lot of guys have.

I'm a crazy car guy. I've got an airplane hangar full of cars.

Strong characters are brought out by change of situation, and gentle ones by permanence.

Death is an endless night so awful to contemplate that it can make us love life and value it with such passion that it may be the ultimate cause of all joy and all art.

Technology is notorious for engrossing people so much that they don't always focus on balance and enjoy life at the same time.

People are so codified - it's sad.

There's more to life than movies.

Mental acuity of any kind comes from solving problems yourself, not from being told how to solve them.

The ascetic remembrance of death is opposed to akedia, to anxiety, to depression, and becomes a powerful reminder of eternity, its joyful nostalgia.

Prayer finds its source in God's holiness and it is at the same time our response to this holiness.

Our birthdays are feathers in the broad wing of time.

It's kind of spooky when you are caught talking to God everybody thinks you're nuts. They used to call you a prophet.

Novel technologies and ideas that impinge on human biology and their perceived impact on human values have renewed strains in the relationship between science and society.

Well, I don't think we should go to the moon. I think we maybe should send some politicians up there.

Neurosis is the way of avoiding non-being by avoiding being.

The measure of civilized behavior is compassion.

Boredom is rage spread thin.

Banks and donors and charities claimed to have had successes in Mozambique. I suspected they invented these successes to justify their existence.

If you write interesting roles, you get interesting people to play them. If you write roles that are full of nuance and contradiction and have interesting dialog, actors are drawn to that.

On vague wording of drone strike criteria: “Are you going to just drop a hellfire missile on Jane Fonda? Are you going to drop a missile on Kent State? That’s gobbledygook.

Who's to say who's an expert?

One of the things that I do like about filmmaking is that you find out how to solve new problems.

Sometimes you learn about the personality of your favorite artist, and you like their art a little less, because it doesn't jibe with what you had envisioned.

Staying in the present is the key to any golfer's game: once you start thinking about a shot you just messed up or what you have to do on the next nine to catch somebody, you're lost.

The characters I have the least in common with are the ones I have the greatest success with. The further a role is from my own experience, the more I try to deepen it.

It's like chasing a beautiful woman for 80 years. Finally, she relents and you say, 'I'm terribly sorry. I'm tired.'

I do think it is important to look at the writing as a job though and to commit to it like you'd have to commit to a regular nine-to-five.

Theater is the most enriching and thrilling thing to do as an actor.

I am learning how to be alone without being lonely; I am learning how to be lonely without losing my mind.