Cast yourself into the arms of God and be very sure that if he wants anything of you, He will fit you for the work and give you strength.

A joyful heart is more easily made perfect than a downcast one.

The best way to prepare for death is to spend every day of life as though it were the last.

To preserve our cheerfulness amid sicknesses and troubles, is a sign of a right and good spirit.

First let a little love find entrance into their hearts, and the rest will follow.

There is nothing the devil fears so much, or so much tries to hinder, as prayer.

The Lord grants in a moment what we may have been unable to obtain in dozens of years.

The greatness of our love of God must be tested by the desire we have of suffering for His love.

He who is unable to spend a long time together in prayer, should often lift up his mind to God by short prayers.

The cross is the gift God gives to his friends.

My children, if you desire perseverance, be devout to our Blessed Lady.

...why, I've just this instant found out... that we might have gone around the world in only seventy-eight days.

I am grateful that I didn't let fear get the best of me. It only holds you back from possibilities and greatness.

Love is connection with others. Union with another human being or living thing. That's also Yoga.

People are always asking me what the world will be like economically in the year 2000. I do know this: in the year 2000, no matter what else happens, there will still be good food in France.

Once you get an agent you're given an opportunity to try a little bit more. It's a really long ladder.

She took comfort in the soft occasional sound of turning pages.

Words can travel thousands of miles. May my words create mutual understanding and love. May they be as beautiful as gems, as lovely as flowers.

You went up a girl and came down a woman.

He is not drunk, who from the floor, can rise and stand and shout for more

The thing that teases the mind over and over for years, and at last gets itself put down rightly on paper - whether little or great, it belongs to Literature.