I like narrative, and I ultimately am in love with the men and women I write about, most of them.
When we pray to God with entire assurance, it is Himself who has given us the spirit of prayer.
Be constantly committed to prayer or to reading [Scripture]; by praying, you speak to God, in reading, God speaks to you.
It is a bad world, Donatus, an incredibly bad world. But I have discovered in the midst of it a quiet and good people who have learned the great secret of life. They have found a joy and wisdom which is a thousand times better than any of the pleasures of our sinful life. They are despised and persecuted, but they care not. They are masters of their souls. They have overcome the world. These people, Donatus, are Christians. . . and I am one of them.
May all Christians be found worthy of either the pure white crown of a holy life or the royal red crown of martyrdom.
Let us, then, who in Baptism have both died and been buried in respect to the carnal sins of the old man, who have risen again with Christ in the heavenly regeneration, both think upon and do the things that are Christ's.
This supernatural bread and this consecrated chalice are for the health and salvation of mankind.
I think I'm a sober person. I think the press tries to make you into something a little bit different. In my case, a little bit of a wild man. I'm not. I'm actually not. I'm a very sober person.
I was especially impressed with Pauley Pavilion [at UCLA campus ]. The floors hadn't been laid down yet, when they gave me the tour, each new room got my heart thumping. They even had a surgical operating room in case an athlete was severely injured.
The meals were served in a large hall, in which Moctezuma was accustomed to eat, and the dishes quite filled the room, which was covered with mats and kept very clean.
While Republican voters have remained universally supportive of their President, Democrats and Independents are returning to a more naturally critical stance.