“Modern man has so long preached a doctrine of false tolerance; he has so long believed that right and wrong were only differences in a point of view, that now when evil works itself out in practice he is paralyzed to do anything against it.”

There is no other subject on which the average mind is so much confused as the subject of tolerance and intolerance… Tolerance applies only to persons, but never to principles. Intolerance applies only to principles, but never to persons.

The greatest love story of all time is contained in a tiny white Host.

All worry is atheism, because it is a want of trust in God.

A Catholic may sin and sin as badly as anyone else, but no genuine Catholic ever denies he is a sinner. A Catholic wants his sins forgiven – not excused or sublimated.

Never forget that there are only two philosophies to rule your life: the one of the cross, which starts with the fast and ends with the feast. The other of Satan, which starts with the feast and ends with the headache.

To create the world cost God nothing; to save it from sin cost His Life Blood.

Show me your hands. Do they have scars from giving? Show me your feet. Are they wounded in service? Show me your heart. Have you left a place for divine love?

There are two ways of waking up in the morning. One is to say, ‘Good morning, God,’ and the other is to say, ‘Good God, morning’!

Unless there is a Good Friday in your life, there can be no Easter Sunday.

Satan always tempts the pure – the others are already his.

Our happiest times are those in which we forget ourselves, usually in being kind to someone else. That tiny moment of self-abdication is an act of true humility: the man who loses himself finds himself and finds his happiness.

Life is like a cash register, in that every account, every thought, every deed, like every sale, is registered and recorded.

A smile across the aisle of a bus in the morning could save a suicide later in the day.

We are all born with the power of speech, but we need grammar. Conscience, too, needs Revelation.

Our Lord did not ask us to give up the things of earth, but to exchange them for better things.

Humility is dependence on God as pride is independence of Him. The humble soul is always the thankful soul.

I get my exercise being a pallbearer for those of my friends who believed in regular running and calisthenics.

I have always believed that there is no point in having regrets as you learn far more from mistakes than successes. Embrace a mistake and learn from it; don’t regret them.

Those who don’t believe in magic will never find it.

I try not to speak about all the charities and people I help, because I believe we can only be truly generous when we expect nothing in return.

When you believe, all things are possible.

I believe that tomorrow is another day and I believe in miracles.

Every leader is telling a story about what he or she values.

I believe one of the hardest things you can do is conquer your fears, but if you have a goal, then it’s your job to open up and let it be real no matter how scary it seems.