It does require maturity to realize that models are to be used, but not to be believed.
Thinking about interior peace destroys interior peace. The patient who constantly feels his pulse is not getting any better.
The soul hardly ever realizes it, but whether he is a believer or not, his loneliness is really a homesickness for God.
Peace comes not by establishing a calm outward setting so much as by inwardly surrendering to whatever the setting.
It is in the highest interests of the devil to persuade the world that religious people are disagreeable.
Do I want to pray or only to think about my human problems? Do I want to pray or simply kneel there contemplating my sorrow? Do I want to direct my prayer toward God or let it direct itself towards me?
Friends, suffering, marriage, environment, study and recreation are influence which shape character. The strongest influence, if you are generous enough to yield to it, is the grace of God.
I’m here to build something for the long-term. Anything else is a distraction.
The Sun-Paul must consider only one thing: what is the relation of this or that external reaction of the animal to the phenomena of the external world?
Of all the time-saving techniques ever developed, perhaps the most effective is the frequent use of the word no.
I use the film industry as a pleasure for work and that kind of thing and it's not a pursuit to make me feel happy in my life.