Oh, how I like those little mortifications that are seen by nobody, such as rising a quarter of an hour sooner, rising for a little while in the night to pray!

There is nothing so great as the Eucharist. If God had something more precious, He would have given it to us.

Do not try to please everybody. Try to please God, the angels, and the saints - they are your public.

A priest goes to Heaven or a priest goes to Hell with a thousand people behind.

The Lord is more anxious to forgive our sins than a woman is to carry her baby out of a burning building.

Humility is like a pair of scales: the lower one side falls, the higher rises the other. Let us humble ourselves like the Blessed Virgin and we shall be exalted.

If you invoke the Blessed Virgin when you are tempted, she will come at once to your help, and Satan will leave you.

The virtue of obedience makes the will supple... It inspires the courage with which to fulfill the most difficult tasks.

God commands you to pray, but forbids you to worry.

When the heart is pure and simple it cannot help loving, because it has discovered the source of love which is God.

The Devil writes down our sins - our Guardian Angel all our merits. Labor that the Guardian Angel's book may be full, and the Devil's empty.

How satisfying it is to leave a mark on a blank surface. To make a map of my movement - no matter how temporary.

And that's what love is, I suppose. The one thing that is most worth hoping for, and the one thing that's most surprising when it lands. Because it's better. It exceeds hope, makes hope nearsighted.

Why do women use make-up? They know the world is a make-up

The attitude is very important. Because, your behavior radiates how you feel.

For a long time a lot of people thought I'm British, because I'd done so many roles with English accents. People probably still think it. Or they don't think anything.

These days, the House Republicans actually give John Boehner a harder time than they give me. Which means orange really is the new black.

Our great and glorious masterpiece is to live appropriately.

As long as I don't have an idea, I won't write anything.

Only men who have worn a ski suit understand how complicated it is for a woman to go to the bathroom when she's wearing a jumpsuit.

I hold head coaches accountable.