“God cannot leave us. It is just that our soul is so vast, we do not always feel His lips upon the veil.”

We will be humble as we are obedient, and as obedient as we are humble.

Love transforms one into what one loves.

Don’t make it necessary for me to complain about you to Christ crucified. (There is no one else I can complain to, since there is no one greater than you on earth.

The Devil often places himself upon the tongues of creatures, causing them to chatter nonsensically.

You will do very well to refuse offices; for a man seldom fails to give offense in them. It ought to weary you simply to hear them mentioned.

You know Me in you, and from this knowledge you will derive all that is necessary.

Enrich your soul in the great goodness of God: The Father is your table, the Son is your food, and the Holy Spirit waits on you and then makes His dwelling in you.

Start being brave about everything. Drive out darkness and spread light. Don’ look at your weaknesses. Realize instead that in Christ crucified you can do everything.

Hope comes from love, because people always trust in those they love.

Father, I am hungry; for the love of God give this soul her food, her Lord in the Eucharist

God is closer to us than water is to a fish.

It’s one of the properties of love to love what is loved by the person we love.

Do not be satisfied with little things, because God wants great things!

Make two homes for thyself, my daughter. One actual home and the other a spiritual home which thou are to carry with thee always.

A full belly does not make for a chaste spirit.

Every evil, harm and suffering in this life comes from the love of riches.

I feel like my songs are very relevant and very meaningful, but I literally have to get rid of the nostalgia for shows because I would just be mess on-stage otherwise.

The more one does and sees and feels, the more one is able to do, and the more genuine may be one’s appreciation of fundamental things like home, and love, and understanding companionship.

I wish for my words to make someone feel, I wish for my words to make someone heal.

When people feel like they are being spoken directly to, I do feel like… they’ll do things like turn out in an off-year, mid-year primary.

God, I know you’ve been there. I know you’ve been there even if I didn’t feel you. I ask you open my heart up to you when I want to close it.

Since I was shot, everything is such a dream to me. Like I don’t know whether I’m alive or whether I died. I wasn’t afraid before. And having been dead once, I shouldn’t feel fear. But I am afraid. I don’t understand why.

I do feel good doing them [family-friendly movies], but it’s not going to be my way of life. I’m a comedian.

Public schools in the late ’80s and early ’90s were a total mess… we felt that if I was going to have a good educational option in my life, I would have to go to a public school district that actually served its children.