[A] sick mind cannot be cured by the sheer force of persuasion.

Charity is the cement which binds Communities to God and persons to one another . . .

If God is the center of your life, no words are necessary. Your mere presence will touch hearts.

We should strive to keep our hearts open to the sufferings and wretchedness of other people, and pray continually that God may grant us that spirit of compassion which is truly the spirit of God.

We should spend as much time in thanking God for his benefits as we do in asking him for them.

The most powerful weapon to conquer the devil is humility. For, as he does not know at all how to employ it, neither does he know how to defend himself from it.

We must love our neighbor as being made in the image of God and as an object of His love.

Make it a practice to judge persons and things in the most favorable light at all times and under all circumstances.

Let us do our duty well; let us go straight to God; let us work to become very humble, very patient, very mortified, and very charitable.

God allows us to give rise to the practice of two beautiful virtues: perseverance, which leads us to attain the goal, and constancy, which helps us to overcome difficulties.

Let us allow God to act; He brings things to completion when we least expect it.

If you read stories, you find the strength, faith and hope to survive everyday life.

But she didn't want to recall things. She wanted to live things — or as a compromise, relive rather than reminisce.

We are not born with a need for knowledge, but a hunger for it. Eve bit the apple and it has been gluttony ever since.

When you have bacon and eggs for breakfast, the chicken makes a contribution, the pig makes a commitment.

I believe in grace because I've seen it and peace because I've felt it and forgiveness because I've needed it.

Wisdom is vindicated by all her children.

You have to have a bunch of dimensions [of yourself]. You have to be able to adapt in this world. You can't be a nice guy living in a world of savages.

Problems are a major part of life. Don’t whine about why you always have problems…get on with the solving. Take it from someone who has been there–the solving gets easier as you go along.

If those to whom power is delegated do well, they will be respected; if not, they will be despised.

The nation is prosperous on the whole, but how much prosperity is there in a hole?