A time is coming when men will go mad, and when they see someone who is not mad, they will attack him, saying, "You are mad; you are not like us."

To say that God turns away from the sinful is like saying that the sun hides from the blind.

When you lie down on your bed to sleep, remember with thanksgiving the blessings and the providence of God.

I saw the snares that the enemy spreads out over the world and I said groaning, "What can get through from such snares?" Then I heard a voice saying to me, "Humility.

The person who abides in solitude and quiet is delivered from fighting three battles: hearing, speech, and sight. Then there remains one battle to fight-the battle of the heart.

Our life and our death is with our neighbor. If we gain our brother, we have gained God, but if we scandalize our brother, we have sinned against Christ.

Expect temptation to your last breath.

This is the great work of a man: always to take the blame for his own sins before God, and toexpect temptation to his last breath.

One should not say that it is impossible to reach a virtuous life; but one should say that it is not easy. Nor do those who have reached it find it easy to maintain.

Intelligent men have no need to listen to much talk, but should attend only to that which is profitable and guided by God's will.

Courageous people run toward the problem rather than away from it.

Nothing induces me to read a novel except when I have to make money by writing about it. I detest them.

Before I was abducted, I think that happiness was related to success. Nowadays happiness is related, for me, to rest, peace, serenity.

Doing fashion drawings was the only way I had to express myself when I was a teenager.

I guess I make things that need energy stronger. I'm like a walking battery.

As to how you'll help me," he says. "Well, we have met the Answer, have we not?" He turns back to look at us, his eyes glinting. "It's time for them to meet the Ask.

The job of the average manager requires a shift in focus every few minutes. The job of the average software developer requires that the developer not shift focus more often than every few hours.

If you begin to think business whether you own it or work for it like you would a well managed sports team you will learn a lot of very interesting lessons

The one thing that teams can't endure in the NFC any more is injuries. Good teams become bad teams just because they get spread thin with injuries.

Sometimes there are historical moments when a country's course could be turned one way or the other, when fate can be escaped.