Baloney is flattery laid on so thick it cannot be true, and blarney is flattery so thin we love it.

The history of civilization could actually be written in terms of the level of its women.

Other people are like a mirror which reflects back on us the kind of image we cast.

The simple shepherds heard the voice of an angel and found their Lamb; the wise men saw the light of a star and found their Wisdom.

Before the sin, Satan assures us that it is of no consequence; after the sin, he persuades us that it is unforgivable.

Many souls fail to find God because they want a religion which will remake society without remaking themselves.

By a beautiful paradox of Divine love, God makes His Cross the very means of our salvation and our life. We have slain Him; we have nailed Him there and crucified Him; but the Love in His eternal heart could not be extinguished. He willed to give us the very life we slew; to give us the very Food we destroyed; to nourish us with the very Bread we buried, and the very Blood we poured forth. He made our very crime into a happy fault; He turned a Crucifixion into a Redemption; a Consecration into a Communion; a death into Life Everlasting