Feast of the Holy Cross Does not every man feel, that there is corruption enough within him to drive him to the commission of the greatest enormities, and eternally to destroy his soul?

Our holiness is an effect, not a cause; so long as our eyes are on our own personal whiteness as an end in itself, the thing breaks down.

That however advanced any man may 'be-in' age or piety, he is still in danger of falling.

The sigh, the groan of a broken heart, will soon go through the ceiling up to heaven, aye, into the very bosom of God.

Justification by faith alone, is the hinge upon which the whole of Christianity turns

Our calling is not primarily to be holy women, but to work for God and for others with Him.

The tender heart, the broken and contrite spirit, are to me far above all the joys that I could ever hope for in this vale of tears.

I have never thought that the circumstance of God's having forgiven me was any reason why I should forgive myself.

No man can in any measure resemble the scripture saints.

If a boy can manage to have coffee with me during the apocalypse, I know he cares. There’s not a speck of doubt in my mind. He must care.

To Donal Trump, making America great means making the people great. To the political cast, conversely, making America great means making government great.

The important thing in life is having a passion, something you really love doing, and you take joy in the fact that you get to wake up every day and do it.

When we stop noticing small things, we are no longer truly alive.

Gambles are the most fun because it's part of being an actor or being a creative person. It's risky only in the vulnerable sense. And then outside of that, no one gets too hurt by it.

We need a repeated discipline, a genuine training, in order to let go of our old habits of mind and to find and sustain a new way of seeing.

A lot of people just think that that's unreasonable or preposterous. But you know, if everybody chose to do it God's way, the world would be a lot better off.

I wish to believe in immortality-I wish to live with you forever.

The best joke-tellers are those who have the patience to wait for conversation to come around to the point where the jokes in their repertoire have application.

Want to improve your relationships? See love as a verb rather than as a feeling?