“Suffering is a great favor. Remember that everything soon comes to an end . . . and take courage. Think of how our gain is eternal.”

Teach by works more than words.

The life of the spirit is not our life, but the life of God within us.

Never affirm anything unless you are sure it is true.

What peace can we hope to find elsewhere if we have none within us.

Christ does not force our will, He only takes what we give Him. But He does not give Himself entirely until He sees that we yield ourselves entirely to Him.

Always think of yourself as everyone’s servant; look for Christ Our Lord in everyone and you will then have respect and reverence for them all.

Whoever has God lacks nothing. God alone suffices.

About the injunction of the Apostle Paul that women should keep silent in church? Don’t go by one text only.

Happy the heart where love has come to birth.

We need no wings to go in search of Him, but have only to look upon Him present within us.

Let there be no disappointment when obedience keeps you busy in outward tasks. If it sends you to the kitchen, remember that the Lord walks among the pots and pans.

Remember that you have only one soul; that you have only one death to die; that you have only one life. . . . If you do this, there will be many things about which you care nothing.

To have courage for whatever comes in life – everything lies in that.

Prayer is a friendly conversation with the One we know loves us.

Oh, my Lord! How true it is that whoever works for you is paid in troubles! And what a precious price to those who love you if we understand its value.

We always find that those who walked closest to Christ were those who had to bear the greatest trials.

You hypnotize yourself with memories that were meant to be forgotten, then wonder why destiny never favors you.

That is the Roman way: to give favors to the favorites.

Hearing Mass is the ceremony I most favor during my travels. Church is the only place where someone speaks to me and I do not have to answer back.

You’d be doing me a favor if you called me Wyatt or Earp, but not both.”

Love sometimes wants to do us a great favor: hold us upside down and shake all the nonsense out.

But that was war. Just about all he could find in its favor was that it paid well and liberated children from the pernicious influence of their parents.

Fortune and love favor the brave.

For every idealistic peacemaker willing to renounce his self-defense in favor of a weapons-free world, there is at least one warmaker anxious to exploit the other’s good intentions.