Don't get upset with your imperfections. Surrender to the Power of God's Love, which is greater than our weakness.

What we need is a cup of understanding, a barrel of love, and an ocean of patience.

Half an hour's meditation each day is essential, except when you are busy. Then a full hour is needed.

Great occasions for serving God come seldom, but little ones surround us daily.

Anxiety is the greatest evil that can befall a soul, except sin. God commands you to pray, but He forbids you to worry.

Faith is like a bright ray of sun light. It enables us to see God in all things as well as all things in God.

Have patience with all things, But, first of all with yourself.

I have made a pact with my tongue, not to speak when my heart is disturbed.

Let us think only of spending the present day well. Then when tomorrow shall have come, it will be called today, and then we will think about it.

Nothing is so strong as gentleness, nothing so gentle as real strength.

Never be in a hurry; do everything quietly and in a calm spirit. Do not lose your inner peace for anything whatsoever, even if your whole world seems upset.

Watch carefully the magic that occurswhen you give a person enough comfort to just be themselves.

My sister and I truly are best friends.

How deeply seated in the human heart is the liking for gardens and gardening.

People in motion are wonderful to photograph. It means catching the right moment... when one thing changes into something else.

It must be awful to feel you're not needed.

Emptiness is everywhere and it can be calculated, which gives us a great opportunity. I know how to control the universe. So tell me, why should I run for a million?

Don't even trust that you are able to unify what everyone is thinking; it is impossible

You know how it is: as soon as you decide to forget something, your brain comes to the conclusion that it's the most fascinating thing in the world.

I've treated the waistcoat as if it were a corset, so that it becomes the first layer in the process of putting clothes on the body. There is constant motion between layering and revealing.

I like to do things for my wife on Valentine's Day. I open the door for her when she puts laundry in the washing machine.