The very freedom which the sinner supposedly exercises in his self-indulgence is only another proof that he is ruled by the tyrant.

Ever since the days of Adam, man has been hiding from God and saying, 'God is hard to find.

Leisure is a form of silence, not noiselessness. It is the silence of contemplation such as occurs when we let our minds rest on a rosebud, a child at play, a Divine mystery, or a waterfall.

It is easy to find truth, though it is hard to face it, and harder still to follow it.

Many married women who have deliberately spurned the "hour" of childbearing are unhappy and frustrated. They never discovered the joys of marriage because they refused to surrender to the obligation of their state. In saving themselves, they lost themselves!

Judge the Catholic Church not by those who barely live by its spirit, but by the example of those who live closest to it.

I wonder maybe if our Lord does not suffer more from our indifference, than He did from the crucifixion.