At times we can be self-absorbed. Lord, help us to open our hearts to others and to serve those who are most vulnerable.
Let us run to Mary, and, as her little children, cast ourselves into her arms with a perfect confidence.
All of us can attain to Christian virtue and holiness, no matter in what condition of life we live and no matter what our life work may be.
The merit of the cross does not consist in its heaviness, but in the manner in which we carry it. I would even say that it is sometimes more virtuous to carry a cross of straw than a heavy cross because we have to be more attentive for fear of losing it.
True progress quietly and persistently moves along without notice.
Don't get upset with your imperfections. Surrender to the Power of God's Love, which is greater than our weakness.
Humor is the foundation of reconciliation.
In the Bible the ignorant may learn all requisite knowledge, and the most knowing may learn to discern their ignorance.
[Carnival Ride] is part of a line from my favorite song on the album, "Wheel of the World. " It sums up everything that's happened to me. It's nuts to think of where I was a couple of years ago.
In life, you have to take the pace that love goes. You don't force it. You just don't force love, you don't force falling in love, you don't force being in love - you just become. I don't know how to say that in English, but you just feel it.
Sometimes the very best way to deal with unpleasant things is to depict them in ways that allow people to laugh at them and destroy the power of unsayable things, rather than refusing to acknowledge them.