Extraordinary afflictions are not always the punishment of extraordinary sins, but sometimes the trial of extraordinary graces.

Men cannot expect to do ill and fare well, but to find that done to them which they did to others.

Events are not determined by the wheel of fortune, which is blind, but by the wheels of Providence, which are full of eyes

Prayer is a salve for every sore, even the sorest, a remedy for every malady, even the most grievous.

The justice and truth of God are here written in bloody characters, for the conviction or the confusion of all those that make a jest of his threatenings. Let them not be deceived, God is not mocked.

If we have, through grace, an interest in Him who is the Fountain, we may rejoice in him when the streams of temporal mercies are dried up.

The three great essentials to achieve anything worth while are: Hard work, Stick-to-itiveness, and Common sense.

... men of power are seldom protected from their own infirmities by the men subordinate to them -- not even in the sad circumstances of mental exhaustion.

If in the first act you introduce a gun, by the third act you have to use it.

Just another point of view, I'm just a reflection of you.

Christ was Begotten by an immortal Father in the same way that mortal men are begotten by mortal fathers.

No good work is done anywhere without aid from the Father of Lights.

Aurelie Sheehan's absorbing stories have depth miles beneath their compelling surface. They radiate a wisdom, beauty and originality rare in contemporary fiction.

It's good to be here. At 98, it's good to be anywhere.

Dare I? Of course I don't. But I'm going to anyhow because I have no choice.

I've quoted Lost in America several times.