The only science that gives purpose to every other science is the science of religion - the science of our happy relationship with, and our providential dependence on God and our neighbor.

We must be faithful to the present moment or we will frustrate the plan of God for our lives.

Gratitude is the first sign of a thinking, rational creature.

What does it matter where we go? Wherever we go, won't we be serving God there? And wherever we go, won't we have Our Lord in the Blessed Sacrament with us? Isn't that enough to make us happy?

It's 'Heaven Begun', for the grateful on earth.

The difference between those who adapted and those who didn't, Gorton said, was a willingness to totally commit.

I have a very vivid memory.

The journey of consciousness, of mysticism, is to come to know yourself and your own motivations.

How do Polish people spell farm? E-I-E-I-O

I am very sensitive to music, so I can quite easily allow myself to access that space in which I am completely taken over. And you can get quite a reaction out of the crowd when you do that.

We've let too much time go by. We've been busy with war instead of being busy with peace. And that's what space travel is all about. It's all about peace and exploration and wonder and beauty.

A lot of the hip hop artists don't write music. They write words.

Occasionally, a finger comes up to wipe a tear [of laughter] from the eye... and that's my reward... the rest goes to the government.

Friend is sometimes a word devoid of meaning; enemy, never.

I am a person who believes in form, in the harmony of order. Where we can, we must give things a meaningful shape.