There is a kind of happiness and wonder that makes you serious. It is too good to waste on jokes.

No man knows how bad he is till he has tried very hard to be good...Only those who try to resist temptation know how strong it is.

If there ever was a time that nothing existed, then nothing would exist now

In the name of the Fathers, and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost, here goes-I mean Amen.

Be confident small immortals. You are not the only voice that all things utter, nor is there eternal silence in the places where you cannot come.

When we see the face of God we shall know that we have always known it. He has been a party to, has made, sustained and moved moment by moment within, all our earthly experiences of innocent love.

It is a dreadful truth that the state of having to depend solely on God is what we all dread most.... It is good of Him to force us; but dear me, how hard to feel that it is good at the time.