Your own malice is the bitterest of all evils. Is it then possible to correct malice by means of evil? Having a beam in your own eye, can you pull out the mote from the eye of another?

Our wickedness shall not overpower the unspeakable goodness and mercy of God; our dullness shall not overpower God's wisdom, nor our infirmity God's omnipotence.

A Christian must always be kind, gracious, and wise in order to conquer evil by good.

Love every man in spite of his falling into sin. Never mind the sins, but remember that the foundation of the man is the same - the image of God.

Evil and faults are corrected by good, by love, kindness, meekness, humility, and patience.

Leave all human injustices to the Lord, for God is the Judge, but as to yourself, be diligent in loving everybody with a pure heart.

The longer we remain without confessing, the worse it is for us, the more entangled we become in the bonds of sin, and therefore the more difficult it is to give an account.

It is necessary to rouse the heart to pray, otherwise it will become quite dry. The attributes of prayer must be: love of God, sincerity, and simplicity.

Your Lord is a God of mercy and bountifulness: be a source of mercy and bountifulness to your neighbors. If you will be such, you will find salvation yourself with everlasting glory.

'With God all things are possible' (Mk. 10:27). With God the thought itself is deed. He speaks and it is. Short and clear. And all the worlds stand by the Word of God.

The Lord is the accomplishment of everything good that I think, feel and do.

foodstuffs absolved of the obligation to provide vitamins and minerals cavorted with reckless abandon.

What is life? It is like a shadow that appears and vanishes.

My daughter got me a 'World's Best Dad' mug. So we know she's sarcastic.

Humility is self-forgetfulness.

We need to care about reality more than we care about what we want to be true about it.

The same soil is good for men and for trees. A man's health requires as many acres of meadow to his prospect as his farm does loads of muck.

Bringing a baby into the world is something I've always wanted, and now I'm completely ready for my life to start revolving around another human being.

Flying used to be so great but now it's more of a trial.

When a lost loved one appears before you, it's your brain that fights it, not your heart.

Disneyland is like a piece of clay: If there is something I don't like, I'm not stuck with it. I can reshape and revamp.