Anger is as a stone cast into a wasp's nest.

A dimple on the chin, the devil within.

Modern man listens more willingly to witnesses than to teachers, and if he does listen to teachers, it is because they are witnesses.

If you want peace, work for justice.

Every mother is like Moses. She does not enter the promised land. She prepares a world she will not see.

The Mass is the most perfect form of prayer.

Are there memories left that are safe from the clutches of phony anniversaries?

Through some crack the smoke of satan has entered into the Church of God.

Technological society has succeeded in multiplying the opportunities for pleasure, but it has great difficulty in generating joy.

Liturgy is like a strong tree whose beauty is derived from the continuous renewal of its leaves, but whose strength comes from the old trunk, with solid roots in the ground.

We must see to it that enthusiasm for the future does not give rise to contempt for the past.

People who know me know I'm strong, but I'm vulnerable.

If you play games with the law of non-contradiction, then every time you open your mouth and say anything, you're cheating. Every time you make a choice in life you're cheating.

Different denotes neither bad nor good, but it certainly means not the same.

The Tonys are also kind of like a homegrown party. You know everybody.

Everybody has a bad hair day, but us girls still like to be told we look nice even if we don't feel like we do.

I do not believe in God; his existence has been disproved by Science. But in the concentration camp, I learned to believe in men.

I think in society and especially in movies and media we're fed this idea that there's the one or the right person. I think it brings great ambiguity and confusion for people.

Without the protection of surliness and levity, all children would be crushed by the past—the past of others, loaded onto their shoulders. Selfishness is their saving grace.

If there is one subject in this world worthy of being discussed, worthy of being understood, it is the question of intellectual liberty. Without that, we are simply painted clay.

I must say I'm not very fond of oratory that's so full of energy it hasn't any room for facts.