There is absolutely nothing inferior about you, because we were all created by the same God in His own image.

Two things you should never do in a hurry: make up and revenge.

No need to hurry. No need to sparkle. No need to be anybody but oneself.

Keep a thing seven years and you will find a use for it.

Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so.

Decide that you want it more than you are afraid of it.

Blessed books—they’re a place to be alone, and no one else can come in.

What would the world look like if we asked ourselves the following more often; are our actions helping others find a way to feel more freer, more dignified and more beautiful?

You'll never get anything done if you walk around with an unchipped heart.

For if we are bidden to honor carnal fathers and mothers, how much more the spiritual? ... If this virtue of charity has been overlooked, a man will lose any fruit of salvation in any good he may do.

Each step, each strain of the eye Opens out a new horizon; And every day throws in our way Something new, to grow more wise on.