If I were not a Catholic, and were looking for the true Church in the world today, I would look for the one Church which did not get along well with the world; in other words, I would look for the Church which the world hated.

I feel it is time that I also pay tribute to my four writers, Matthew, Mark, Luke and John.

A teacher who cannot explain any abstract subject to a child does not himself thoroughly understand his subject; if he does not attempt to break down his knowledge to fit the child's mind, he does not understand teaching.

Charity is to be measured, not by what one has given away, but by what one has left.

Jealousy is the tribute which mediocrity pays to genius.

Each and every one of us, at the end of the journey of life, will come face to face with either one or the other of two faces... And one of them, either the merciful face of Christ or the miserable face of Satan, will say, "Mine, mine." May we be Christ's!

At Cana, [Mary] gave Him as a Savior to sinners; on the Cross He gave her as a refuge to sinners.