Prayer is the place of refuge for every worry, a foundation for cheerfulness, a source of constant happiness, a protection against sadness.

If you cannot find Christ in the beggar at the church door, you will not find Him in the chalice.

Not to share our own wealth with the poor is theft from the poor and deprivation of their means of life; we do not possess our own wealth, but theirs.

No matter how just your words may be, when you speak with anger, you ruin all: no matter how boldly you speak, how fairly reprove, or what not.

When you are weary of praying, and do not receive, consider how often you have heard a poor man calling, and have not listened to him.

The road to Hell is paved with the bones of priests and monks, and the skulls of bishops are the lamp posts that light the path.

To destroy the fetus 'is something worse than murder.' The one who does this 'does not take away life that has already been born, but prevents it from being born.'

There is nothing colder than a Christian who does not seek to save others.

The bee is more honored than other animals, not because she labors, but because she labors for others.

I am a Christian. He who answers thus has declared everything at once-his country, profession, family; the believer belongs to no city on earth but to the heavenly Jerusalem.

It is impossible to be saved without the help of the Most Blessed Virgin, because those who are not saved by the justice of God are saved by the intercession of Mary.

when I finally begin to driftinto sleepyour memory is the...firstand the moonlightthe last, to kiss my face.

If cocaine were helium, the NBA would float away.

Women like me. Women love me, so if I really wanted to involve the women, I don't have to assault the women.

The greater perfection a soul aspires after, the more dependent it is upon Divine Grace.

Middle age is the way you would feel about summer if you knew there would never be another spring.

Because we employ no professional preachers, it means that every sermon or lesson in church is given by a regular member - women and men, children and grandparents.

My last wish is that Germany realize its entity and that an understanding be reached between East and West. I wish peace to the world.

I think in times of bizarre strangeness, what you can and should do is spend time with your family eating lunch or dinner. And if you can do that, you will restore us to the peace.

When I act, I hear it like music. In my head, I hear the dialogue like music.

The wife of a self-admirer must expect a very cold and negligent husband.