I am more weary of life, I think, than ever I was.

Lord, let me make a difference for you that is utterly disproportionate to who I am.

Let me forget the world and be swallowed up in the desire to glorify God.

I care not where I go, or how I live, or what I endure so that I may save souls. When I sleep I dream of them; when I awake they are first in my thoughts.

Give yourself to prayer, to reading and meditation on divine truths: strive to penetrate to the bottom of them and never be content with a superficial knowledge.

There is a God in heaven who overrules all things for the best; and this is the comfort of my soul.

Further, Take heed that you faithfully perform the business you have to do in the world, from a regard to the commands of God; and not from an ambitious desire of being esteemed better than others.

Oh! one hour with God infinitely exceeds all the pleasures and delights of this lower world.

I cared not where or how I lived, or what hardships I went through, so I could but gain souls to Christ

I longed to be a flame of fire continually glowing in the divine service and building up of Christ's kingdom to my last and dying breath.

It is sweet to be nothing and less than nothing that Christ may be all in all.

Always be wary of any helpful item that weighs less than its operating manual.

Where there’s life, there’s the hope of change.

Experience is costly knowledge.

The person you are sleeping with signifies the value upon which you have for yourself. You are attracted to who reflects your deepest vision of yourself

It takes a long time to grow an old friend.

And I advise ye to think well, he told her It's better to be a stray dog in this world than a man without money. I've tried it both ways, and I know. A poor man stinks, and God hates him.

Watch out for a man whose enemies keep disappearing.

On a practical level, poetry isn't something anybody has really made a great living at. I might sell some books and, once in a while, someone might pay to hear me read.

Put a grain of boldness into everything you do.

I can't play my songs on the smaller harp. I have a Celtic harp. I can't do the key changes.