Man is incurably curious.

Never forget that there are only two philosophies to rule your life: the one of the cross, which starts with the fast and ends with the feast. The other of Satan, which starts with the feast and ends with the headache.

Moral principles do not depend on a majority vote. Wrong is wrong, even if everybody is wrong. Right is right, even if nobody is right.

The Christmas gift of peace was the uncoiling of the links of a triple chain that first unites a person with God, then with himself, then with his neighbor.

There is no word more "dangerous" than liberalism, because to oppose it is the new "unforgivable sin."

Hearing nuns' confessions is like being stoned to death with popcorn.

Once a man ceases to be of service to his neighbor, he begins to be a burden to him.