“How many are the pains of those who hunger for revenge! They gnaw away at themselves constantly, and they have killed themselves even before they kill their enemies.”

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

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.

In martial arts, the biggest enemy is self. Inside you struggle because you want to prove something.

There is no greater folly in the world than for a man to despair.

How could science be an enemy of religion when God commanded man to be a scientist the day He told him to rule the earth and subject it?

My dad raised me with some good advice: ‘Always tell the truth. Always shoot from the hip. You might not have many friends, but you’ll never have enemies, because people will always know where you’re coming from.’

Self-rejection is the greatest enemy of the spiritual life because it contradicts the sacred voice that calls us the Beloved.

We make our money out of our friends. Our enemies will not do business with us.

The main enemy of the open society, I believe, is no longer the communist but the capitalist threat.

We need a common enemy to unite us.