If we accept Heaven we shall not be able to retain even the smallest and most intimate souvenirs of Hell.

I hope I do not offend God by making my Communions in the frame of mind I have been describing. The command, after all, was Take, eat: not Take, understand.

One is given strength to bear what happens to one, but not the 100 and 1 different things that might happen.

I have discovered that the people who believe most strongly in the next life do the most good in the present one.

Some journeys take us far from home. Some adventures lead us to our destiny.

Those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end, for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.

Do not waste time bothering whether you "love" your neighbor; act as if you did.