Religion is more like a response to a friend than it is like obedience to an expert.

Christ does not save us by acting a parable of divine love; he acts the parable of divine love by saving us. That is the Christian faith.

What no one shows the ability to defend is quickly abandoned. Rational argument does not create belief, but it maintains a climate in which belief may flourish.

Faith begins where religious pretension ends

One of the silliest of all discussions is the question whether God is personal-it would be more useful to inquire whether ice is frozen.

When we pray, we must begin by conceiving God in full and vigorous images, but we must go on to acknowledge the inadequacy of them and to adhere nakedly to the imageless truth of God.

The crucial revelatory images that express 'the thought of Christ' are present in scripture and reinforced in worship.

A climate in which belief may flourish

The notion of God is the notion of richness without accident

Religion is more like response to a friend than it is like obedience to an expert.

Christ does not save us by acting a parable of divine love he acts the parable of divine love by saving us. That is the Christian faith.

Education is a savings account that you fill by learning and by spending. Even if you spend for the rest of your life, it will only grow to give you joy.

A positive mental attitude can improve your health, enhance your relationships, increase your chances of success, and add years to your life.

I liked my face. Ethan liked my face. A lot of people liked my face. Besides, makeup was really just glorified face paint.

Sometimes milestones are not measured by the accomplishments of society, but by those of integrity.

I wanted to shoot straight, mainstream, somehow off-beat. Not only realistic West, which is quite unfamiliar to the world's population - even to a lot of Americans.

It is not in how one soul approaches another but in how it withdraws that I knowr its affinity and solidarity with the other.

Create your own path, hone your talent, be ready to show your talent, and don't doubt yourself.

True faith is ever connected with hope.

I urge you with all the strength of my soul to approach the Eucharistic Table as often as possible. Feed on this Bread of the Angels from which you will draw the strength to fight inner struggles.

Any success that I've had in my life has been in spite of my education rather than because of it.