Consider that fact that, being nothing in ourselves, we cannot, without divine assistance, accomplish the smallest good or advance the smallest step toward Heaven.

The feelings which seek expression in words are mostly egotistical, since they seek to express what flatters our self-love and can show us, as we imagine, in the best light.

Yes, in spite of all, Some shape of beauty moves away the pall From our dark spirits.

I am dedicated to the preservation of my marriage's unity.

Cats have gnosis to a degree that is granted to few bishops.

I kept thinking my father would come back, But he never did.

Dear world, I am leaving because I am bored.

The Simple Life is not a simple life.

Although I am a pious man, I am not the less a man.

I realized I didn't want to be a photographer. I gave it up, but I still worked that job in the restaurant and I found myself constantly hanging out in the kitchen.

I feel that I've had enough theoretical speculation to last me a lifetime.

These cardinals trifle with me; I abhor; This dilatory sloth and tricks of Rome.