If a man's handshake is no good all the {legal} paper in the world won't make it good.
We must give alms. Charity wins souls and draws them to virtue.
Do not lose heart, even if you should discover that you lack qualities necessary for the work to which you are called. He who called you will not desert you, but the moment you are in need he will stretch out his saving hand.
You will accomplish more by kind words and a courteous manner than by anger or sharp rebuke, which should never be used except in necessity.
Reflect that in reality you have a greater need to serve [the poor] than they have of your service.
Strive to be faithful to that which God has called you.
Beware of trying to accomplish anything by force.
Silence is not only golden, it is seldom misquoted.
[The is] a mistaken belief that [the word Indian] refers somehow to the country, India. When Columbus washed up on the beach in the Caribbean, he was not looking for a country called India. Europeans were calling that country Hindustan in 1492. . . . Columbus called the tribal people he met "Indio," from the Italian in dio, meaning "in God. "
My idea was always to start with a small press and then move up to a national press. I had those goals for my career from the time I was a very young woman. I wanted to win a local award, then I wanted a state or national award. Small press, big press. Some women fantasize about their weddings, their husbands, and children. I fantasized about what I wanted to accomplish with my books.
Oh god, I'd just hate it if a certain dramaturg got a hold of a Pinter play, for example, which are all mystery and all music. That's how the life get's sucked out of plays.