“When it comes to life the critical thing is whether you take things for granted or take them with gratitude.”

A thing constructed can only be loved after it is constructed; but a thing created is loved before it exists.

If I can put one touch of rosy sunset into the life of any man or woman, I shall feel that I have worked with God.

When a woman puts up her fists to a man she is putting herself in the only posture in which he is not afraid of her.

A Catholic is a person who has plucked up courage to face the incredible and inconceivable idea that something else may be wiser than he is.

Unless a man becomes the enemy of an evil, he will not even become its slave but rather its champion.

I don’t need a church to tell me I’m wrong where I already know I’m wrong; I need a Church to tell me I’m wrong where I think I’m right.

Modern intelligence won’t accept anything on authority. But it will accept anything without authority.

We should always endeavor to wonder at the permanent thing, not at the mere exception. We should be startled by the sun, and not by the eclipse. We should wonder less at the earthquake, and wonder more at the earth.

I am not absentminded. It is the presence of mind that makes me unaware of everything else.

Tolerance is a virtue of people who don’t believe in anything anymore.

Angels can fly because they take themselves lightly. Never forget that the devil fell by force of gravity. He who has the faith has the fun.

God is not a symbol of goodness; goodness is a symbol of God.

Passion makes every detail important.

There are those who hate Christianity and call their hatred an all-embracing love for all religions.

We need to be reminded more than we need to be instructed.

O God of earth and altar, Bow down and hear our cry, Our earthly rulers falter, Our people drift and die; The walls of gold entomb us, The swords of scorn divide, Take not thy thunder from us, But take away our pride.

I will choosing to die rather than to remain alive without freedom and beg, as an alternative to death, a vastly inferior life.

I believe it’s not about the product, it’s about the person–and how the product makes them feel.

Some women choose to follow men, and some women choose to follow their dreams. If you’re wondering which way to go, remember that your career will never wake up and tell you that it doesn’t love you anymore.

Things are just things – they have no power to hurt or to heal. Only people can do that. And we can all choose whether to be hurt or healed by the people who love us.

Some women choose to follow men, and some women choose to follow their dreams.

Attitude is a choice. Happiness is a choice. Optimism is a choice. Kindness is a choice. Giving is a choice. Respect is a choice. Whatever choice you make makes you. Choose wisely.

I am not the one who loved, it’s love that chooses me.

Life is about accepting the challenges along the way, choosing to keep moving forward, and savoring the journey.