The egocentric is always frustrated, simply because the condition of self-perfection is self-surrender. There must be a willingness to die to the lower part of self, before there can be a birth to the nobler.

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

Advertising tries to stimulate our sensuous desires, converting luxuries into necessities, but it only intensifies man's inner misery. The business world is bent on creating hungers which its wares never satisfy, and thus it adds to the frustrations and broken minds of our times.

Science is not wisdom.

A Catholic may sin and sin as badly as anyone else, but no genuine Catholic ever denies he is a sinner. A Catholic wants his sins forgiven - not excused or sublimated.

The Rosary is the book of the blind.

Nothing is more destined to create deep-seated anxieties in people than the false assumption that life should be free from anxieties.