I would not be cured if the price of the cure was that I must leave the island and give up my work I am perfectly resigned to my lot. Do not feel sorry for me.

Turn all your thoughts and aspirations to heaven. Work hard to secure for yourself a place there for ever.

I make myself a leper with the lepers to gain all to Jesus Christ.

Without the Blessed Sacrament a position like mine would be intolerable.

A writer can do without food for a few hours, but not without the sight of books.

The world is more exacting than God himself.

You should tell yourself frequently 'I will only react to constructive suggestions.' This gives you positive ammunition against your own negative thoughts and those of others.

Hesitancy in judgment is the only true mark of the thinker.

The criticism hurts sometimes and I worry about the effect on my family.

Miles got a mystique about him-plus he's at the top of his profession. And he's got way, way, way more money.

A desirable advertisement will be reasonable, but never dull ... original, but never self-conscious ... imaginative, but never misleading.

Are there no Moravians in the Moon, that not a missionary has yet visited this poor pagan planet of ours, to civilise civilisation and christianise Christendom?

All you have to remember is 'audition' is synonymous with 'opportunity. I mean, if you absolutely hate auditioning, do you also hate opportunities? That wouldn't make much sense.

when the human race is not grotesque it is because it is asleep and losing its opportunity.