The only real sadness, the only real failure, the only great tragedy in life, is not to become a saint.

Man has places in his heart which do not yet exist, and into them enters suffering, in order that they may have existence.

Suffering passes, but the fact of having suffered never passes.

Love does not make you weak, because it is the source of all strength, but it makes you see the nothingness of the illusory strength on which you depended before you knew it.

There is only one tragedy in the end, not to have been a saint.

I pray like a robber asking alms at the door of a farmhouse to which he is ready to set fire.

Any Christian who is not a hero is a pig.

There are places in the heart that do not yet exist; suffering has to enter in for them to come to be.

The worst evil is not to commit crimes, but to fail to do the good one might have done.

There is only one misery . . . not to be saints.

Those who have failed to work toward the truth have missed the purpose of living.

And why does this same God tell me how to raise my children when he had to drown his?

So far, we have only seen a glimpse of the human possibilities.

There is no man in this world without some manner of tribulation or anguish though he be king or pope.

An economist's guess is liable to be as good as anybody else's.

Families are the Nurseries of all Societies; and the First combinations of mankind.

My objective is to destroy anybody over 200 pounds, in the ring or out.

A short death is the sovereign good hap of human life.

Every day, God has something to say to you. Even when He seems to be quiet, God is still saying something.

I do know that it's true that if you wanted to reduce crime, you could - if that were your sole purpose - you could abort every black baby in this country, and your crime rate would go down.