“It is not a matter of thinking a great deal but of loving a great deal, so do whatever arouses you most to love.”

From moment to moment one can bear much.

May I not come before You with empty hands, since we are rewarded according to our deeds.

When we accept what happens to us and make the best of it, we are praising God.

Love draws forth love.

Prayer is an act of love. Words are not needed.

Desire to see God, be fearful of losing Him, and find joy in everything that can lead to Him. If you act in this way, you will always live in great peace.

Pain is never permanent.

It is the nature of love to work in a thousand different ways.

It is a dangerous thing to be satisfied with ourselves.

Don’t let your sins turn into bad habits.

The life of prayer is just love to God, and the custom of being ever with Him.

Souls without prayer are like bodies, palsied and lame, having hands and feet they cannot use.

All times are dangerous times.

Truth suffers, but never dies.

Never do anything which you could not do in the sight of all.

Prayer is an act of love; words are not needed. Even if sickness distracts from thoughts, all that is needed is the will to love.

It’s different, but it’s very pretty out here. I suppose they are going to make a big deal of all this.

You can’t make a good deal with a bad person.

There should be a graphic novel dealing with the contribution of the women of the civil rights movement, to tell their story.

Knowing your own darkness is the best method for dealing with the darknesses of other people.

Always think, ‘what’s the worst that can happen’ and have some kind of strategy to deal with it.

I don’t know what the big deal is about old age. Old people who shine from the inside look 10 to 20 years younger.

The secret of life is honesty and fair dealing. If you can fake that, you’ve got it made.

Forecasts may tell you a great deal about the forecaster; they tell you nothing about the future.