Whoever wishes to hold the fortress of contemplation must first of all train in the camp of action.

The proof of love is in the works. Where love exists, it works great things. But when it ceases to act, it ceases to exist.

To do penance is to bewail the evil we have done, and to do no evil to bewail.

If the work of God could be comprehended by reason, it would no longer be wonderful, and faith would have no merit if reason provided proof.

We make Idols of our concepts, but Wisdom is born of wonder

The universe is not rich enough to buy the vote of an honest man.

Ignorance is a dangerous and spiritual poison, which all men ought warily to shun.

You don't climb a mountain in leaps and bounds, but by taking it slowly.

Affliction strengthens the vigor of our soul, whereas happiness weakens it.

The Bible is a stream of running water, where alike the elephant may swim, and the lamb walk without losing its feet.

The holy universal Church teaches that it is not possible to worship God truly except in Her and asserts that all who are outside of Her will not be saved.

Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.

The value of surrounding yourself with positive people is not what you get from them, but how good a person you have become because of them.

When you are in a fix, often the fix is in you.

«Per­ho­nen is not here any­more, » it says, with a voice made of wings and whis­pers.

I'm crazy about James Brown. I'm crazy about soul music. And then the blues. Rhythm and blues.

I like to keep my private life private for the most part.

Eschew the monumental. Shun the Epic. All the guys who can paint great big pictures can paint great small ones.

We don't defeat evil by becoming evil.

The great appeal of the doctrine that the mind is a blank slate is the simple mathematical fact that zero equals zero.

I usually just have ideas when I have them.