How can one be pleasing to God when one is inflated with pride and self-love under the pretense of striving for Gods glory, while in fact one is seeking ones own glory?

Pure love ... knows that only one thing is needed to please God: to do even the smallest things out of great love - love, and always love.

Patience, prayer and silence-these are what give strength to the soul.

Help me, O Lord, that my hands may be merciful and filled with good deeds, so that I may do only good to my neighbors.

Suffering is the greatest treasure on earth; it purifies the soul. In suffering, we learn who our true friend is.

O King of glory, though you hide your beauty, yet the eye of my soul rends the veil. I see the angelic choirs giving you honor without cease.

He who wants to learn true humility should reflect upon the Passion of Jesus. (267)

Entrust everything to Me and do nothing on your own, and you will always have great freedom of spirit.

I demand from you deeds of mercy which are to arise out of love for me. You are to show mercy to your neighbors always and everywhere. You must not shrink from this or try to excuse yourself from it.

God is very generous and does not deny His grace to anyone. Indeed he gives more than what we ask of Him. Faithfulness to the inspirations of the Holy Spirit-that is the shortest route.

My likeness to Jesus must be through suffering and humility.

What is success, after all, but doing what you really want to do?

When I watch medical shows or other shows where characters die, it kind of bums me out.

We cannot despair about mankind knowing that Mozart was a man.

Intelligent people tend to talk about the facts. They don't sit around and call each other names. That's what you can find on a third grade playground.

Let everyone who has the grace of intelligence fear that, because of it, he will be judged more heavily if he is negligent.

Maybe not having time to think is not having the wish to think.

It astounds us to come upon other egoists, as though we alone had the right to be selfish, and to be filled with eagerness to live.

Too much trouble," "Too expensive," or "Who will know the difference" are death knells for good food.

Hunger is actually the worst weapon of mass destruction. It claims millions of victims each year.

When people find a man of the most distinguished abilities as a writer their inferior while he is with them, it must be highly gratifying to them.