To me, marriage is really important and what we build families on. That's why gay marriage is really important.
Beware the man of a single book.
Faith will tell us Christ is present, When our human senses fail.
It is not theft, properly speaking, to take secretly and use another's property in a case of extreme need: because that which he takes for the support of his life becomes his own property by reason of that need
Love takes up where knowledge leaves off.
One faith, St. Paul writes (Eph. 4:5). Hold most firmly that our faith is identical with that of the ancients. Deny this, and you dissolve the unity of the Church. . . We must hold this for certain, namely: that the faith of the people at the present day is one with the faith of the people in past centuries. Were this not true, then we would be in a different church than they were in and, literally, the Church would not be One.
Reason in man is rather like God in the world.
At some point, you no longer feel pain. Sensation disappears and reason is dulled, until you lose all grasp of time and place.
People sometimes ask me , what religion are you ? i always answer by saying, ''i am a little part of all religions and and a big part of no religion
The fuel of ambition is not the problem; it is the focus of ambition that frees or betrays us.
One of my major shortcomings - I'm vindictive. I don't know why that is. Even in petty things in my life I tend to strike back. It's a lot more pleasurable a sensation than feeling threatened.