I think some people wished I'd kept myself out of the book. But I kind of insist on it because I want the reader to share my engagement with the material, if you like, not pretend that I'm doing it completely intellectually.
The keen spirit seizes the prompt occasion.
Prayer is not eloquence, but earnestness; not the definition of helplessness, but the feeling of it; not figures of speech, but earnestness of soul.
Forgiveness is the economy of the heart. . . forgiveness saves the expense of anger, the cost of hatred, the waste of spirits.
That silence is one of the great arts of conversation is allowed by Cicero himself, who says, there is not only an art, but even an eloquence in it
To those who know thee not, no words can paint! And those who know thee, know all words are faint!
The misfortune is, that religious learning is too often rather considered as an act of the memory than of the heart and affections; as a dry duty, rather than a lively pleasure.
I will always be looking back at the things I've gone through, thinking of the struggling people I've seen.
Everyone has different talents, different styles and talents.
A single Mass offered for oneself during life may be worth more than a thousand celebrated for the same intention after death.
No doubt one may quote history to support any cause, as the devil quotes scripture; but modern history is not a very satisfactory side-arm in political polemics; it grows less and less so.