You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late.

Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.

Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.

A man's growth is seen in the successive choirs of his friends.

When a man is pushed, tormented, defeated, he has a chance to learn something.

Beauty without expression tires.

Nature always wears the colors of the spirit.

Life Is a Journey, Not a Destination.

Every sunset brings the promise of a new dawn

To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.

The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.

Vengeful conquerors burn books as if the enemy's souls reside there, too.

I will not exorcise you—I’d miss your fragrance, the soft tread of your step on the stair

You see those stars, which shines at night when the sky darkens it shines for you when your heart is blackened

I learned that you can't truly own anything, that true ownership comes only in the moment of giving.

He felt for a moment uncreated. Another kind of awake.

I hope you're ready, because I'm about to tell you the story of my life. More specifically, why my life ended. And if you're listening to these tapes, you're one of the reasons why.

I get nervous around girls for the first time. Once I'm in, I can take the reins and go. It's just the initial approach I'm really bad at.

Hope never trickles down. It always springs up.

In terms of individuals who actually inspired me, very few of the academic people that I had access to had that power over me. Maybe it's simply because I wasn't that committed to geometry.

Marists are workers, we do all the work and Jesuits just think about it.