I leaned from my friends in school. I had lots of friends; yet I was very indrawn.
Do not try to please everybody. Try to please God, the angels, and the saints - they are your public.
The sign of the cross is the most terrible weapon against the devil. Thus the Church wishes not only that we have it continually in front of our minds to recall to us just what our souls are worth and what they cost Jesus Christ, but also that we should make it at every juncture ourselves: when we go to bed, when we awaken during the night, when we get up, when we begin any action, and, above all, when we are tempted.
There is nothing so great as the Eucharist. If God had something more precious, He would have given it to us.
A priest goes to Heaven or a priest goes to Hell with a thousand people behind.
God commands you to pray, but forbids you to worry.
On the Way of the Cross, you see, my children, only the first step is painful. Our greatest cross is the fear of crosses. . . We have not the courage to carry our cross, and we are very much mistaken; for, whatever we do, the cross holds us tight - we cannot escape from it. What, then, have we to lose? Why not love our crosses, and make use of them to take us to heaven?
The energy of the mind is the essence of life.
It's hard to put what it means into words. It's just a dream I had when I was a little kid. It's not every day [you] get to make your lifelong dream come true. The point of doing things in life is you pursue a goal, and you go after it, you reach it and you pick another one. But they're hard to attain.
It's harder to be funny from the position of power.
If I die, I'd be so mad at myself that I didn't explore that side of me.