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

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.

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.

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?

My likeness to Jesus must be through suffering and humility.

A poet is someone whose words can grasp & pull the thread of a person's soul & make them unravel with delight.

We were born of God to influence the standards of the world

I hate unbreakable alibis--they are usually the first to crack. --Hugo Anstead

I am not a vegetarian because I love animals; I am a vegetarian because I hate plants.

Turn off any self-talk that tells you that you are destined to live a small life. You're not.

All pictures painted inside in the studio will never be as good as the things done outside.

She stared at me with concern a few moments longer and then relaxed a little. "Okay. But if you need anything—" "I know, I know. Call on the Love Phone.

We are fully human only while playing, and we play only when we are human in the truest sense of the word.

Nature is busy creating absolutely unique individuals, whereas culture has invented a single mold to which all must conform. It is grotesque.