He who wishes to find Jesus should seek Him, not in the delights and pleasures of the world, but in mortification of the senses.

The past is no longer yours; the future is not yet in your power. You have only the present wherein to do good.

He who trusts himself is lost. He who trusts in God can do all things.

Acquire the habit of speaking to God as if you were alone with Him, familiarly and with confidence and love, as to the dearest and most loving of friends.

Your God is ever beside you - indeed, He is even within you.

There is a practice that is most powerful in keeping us united with God. That practice is the constant recollection of His presence.

When we have to reply to anyone who has insulted us, we should be careful to do it always with gentleness. A soft answer extinguishes the fire of wrath.

What grieves me most in my past offenses, O my loving God, is not so much the punishment I have deserved, as the displeasure I have given You, Who are worthy of infinite love.

True charity consists in doing good to those who do us evil, and in thus winning them over.

There is no one, after God, who loves us as much as this most loving Mother does.

Let your constant practice be to offer yourself to God, that He may do with you what He pleases.

Happiness is a fresh flower!

It is not in life, but in art that self-fulfillment is to be found.

The most educated person in the world now has to admit-- I shall not say confess-- that he or she knows less and less but at least knows less and less about more and more.

On game day, I'm as nervous as a pig in a packing plant.

There is only one way to get ready for immortality, and that is to love this life and live it as bravely and faithfully and cheerfully as we can.

The physics of undergraduate text-books is 90% true; the contents of the primary research journals of physics is 90% false.

Sports and entertainment have always been windows of opportunity for African Americans, when other doors were closed.

The moon is brighter since the barn burned.

You can manage what you do not understand; but you cannot lead it.