Beyond our grasp, He chose to come within our grasp. Existing before time began, He began to exist at a moment in time.

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.

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.

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.

Like all magnificent things, it’s very simple.

Democracy does not guarantee equality of conditions - it only guarantees equality of opportunity.

Moses desired to see God; I do not desire to see God;He desires to see me

You take a plug and put it in a socket, and that's what the theatre is-it lights up right away. You speak, and they respond immediately.

He has no idea how beautiful the ordinary becomes once it disappears.

Nature has not implanted any power in man that was not meant to be exercised at times, though too often our powers have been abused.

Now you're selling out, the devil sold a dream and you bought it without thinking about. How the beast will decrease the brain wave, with material thoughts from the crib to the grave.

There seems to be no air in the air she breaths.

Every person of learning is finally his own teacher.

Never measure your life by possessions. Measure it by the hearts you've touched, the smiles you created & the love you shared.