Be as eager to break your own will as the thirsty stag is to drink of the refreshing waters.

Let us throw ourselves into the ocean of His goodness, where every failing will be canceled and anxiety turned into love.

Entrust yourself entirely to God. He is a Father and a most loving Father at that, who would rather let heaven and earth collapse than abandon anyone who trusted in him.

The Cross is the way to Paradise, but only when it is borne willingly.

Place your hopes in the mercy of God and the merits of our Redeemer; say often, looking at the crucifix: There are centered all my hopes.

Be very careful to retain peace of heart, because Satan casts his lines in troubled waters.

Make great account of your precious trials, both interior and exterior; it is thus that the garden of Jesus is adorned with flowers, that is, with acts of virtue.

If you correspond to the designs of God, He will make a saint of you.

Meditation on Jesus Christ crucified is a precious balm which sweetens all pains.

I tell you that victory consists in conquering self. That is the greatest enemy.

The Passion of Christ is the greatest and most stupendous work of Divine Love. The greatest and most overwhelming work of God's love.

Gratitude is the root of all transformation and abundance.

That's what it means to be an American. To be free to love who and what you want, and to keep a lot in your heart at once.

Stop letting others decide your life for you. You only have a lifetime to live on earth. Make it count by all means. Stop hiding in the background. Let the world know what you are truly made of.

You realize you can't change the world but it shouldn't stop you from trying.

You cannot evade quantity. You may fly to poetry and music, and quantity and number will face you in your rhythms and your octaves.

I do see a lot of the hard end of ecology, and my feeling is that we live on a super-exciting planet but a super-fragile one.

We know that priorities are amiss in the world when a man gets a military medal of honor for killing another man and a dishonorable discharge for loving one.

I was an abstract expressionist before I had seen any abstract expressionist paintings. I started when I was a kid and continued just doing abstract stuff all through high school.

That's one of the many things I hate about life, that it's a hideously cliched business.

God's more in control than we are. Obviously you still take all the precautions and safety measures inside your car.