A great safeguard is the entire faith, the true faith, in which neither anything whatever can be added by anyone nor anything taken away; for, unless faith be one, it is not the faith.

Virtue is nothing without the trial of temptation, for there is no conflict without an enemy, no victory without strife.

The faith by which we live shall never vary in any age . . . for one is the faith which sanctifies the Just of all ages.

No one, however weak, is denied a share in the victory of the cross. No one is beyond the help of the prayer of Christ.

Those who are not good to others are bad to themselves.

The faith of those who live their faith is a serene faith. What you long for will be given you; what you love will be yours for ever.

The cross of Christ is the true ground and chief cause of Christian hope.

I have neither permitted, nor shall I permit, the things which have been settled by the holy fathers to be violated by any innovation.

The Child, the Lord Jesus Christ . . . Word in our flesh, Wisdom in infancy, Power in weakness, and in true Man, the Lord of Majesty.

The devil is always discovering something novel against the truth.

Truth, which is simple and one, admits of no variety.

If you cry in the rain, only the sky will see your tears.

A call to duty, a call for service.

God desires that through us the ones who do not know him will be convinced

I have always wanted to be a catalyst for bringing about positive change, inspiring others to choose goodness.

I'm still craving approval from my parents. It took a lot of success for me to realize it was never coming. It's just not in their nature.

Women do not help each other attain enlightenment because in the description of the world they've been given, unlike that of men, it's every woman for herself in order to survive.

It's simple. Eat well, exercise and get lots of sleep but make sure you indulge occasionally. At my age , I think , what the hell , and eat a Krispy Kreme doughnut !

The filmmaker's got to make it his story and the actors have got to make it their story.

The only society I like is rough and tough, and the tougher the better. There's where you get down to bedrock and meet human people.

Do fish get cramps after eating?