The chief service I owe you, O God, is that every thought and word of mine should speak of you.

The Church is the Ship outside which it is impossible to understand the Divine Word, for Jesus spoke from the boat to the people gathered on the shore.

The perfection of learning is to know God in such a way that, though you realize he is knowable, yet you know him as indescribable.

No matter how sinful one may have been, if he has devotion to Mary, it is impossible that he be lost.

Wages cannot be considered as a gift, because they are due to work, but God has given free grace to all men by the justification of faith.

The utter folly of our time is lamentable, that men should think to assist God with human help and to protect the Church of Christ by worldly ambition.

When we are overcome by some evil will, should we not tremble before the presence of the choirs of angels that surround us?

However great a sinner may have been, if he shows himself devout to Mary he will never perish.

Jews are a perverse people, accursed by God forever.

I love America. You always hurt the one you love.

[Memory] visits when it is hungry, not when you are.

At first it was my brother's songwriting and I was just doing what everyone told me.

She became for me an island of light, fun, wisdom where I could run with my discoveries and torments and hopes at any time of day and find welcome.

Humility is a priceless virtue; however, it takes a lot of self-emptying to cultivate it.

I am going to hold serve the majority of the time. It is nice to have a little time to return serve.

The End is the Beginning is the End

Live, love, laugh, leave a legacy.

Wash the bones, bring the body, leave the heart behind.

A sort of transaction went on between them, in which she was on one side, and life was on another, and she was always trying to get the better of it, as it was of her.