The Soviet Union is like the Cross without Christ, while American culture is like Christ without the Cross.

Modern prophets say that our economics have failed us. No! It is not our economics which have failed; it is man who has failed-man who has forgotten God. Hence no manner of economic or political readjustment can possibly save our civilization; we can be saved only by a renovation of the inner man, only by a purging of our hearts and souls; for only by seeking first the Kingdom of God and His Justice will all these other things be added unto us.

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

There are not one hundred people in the United States who hate The Catholic Church, but there are millions who hate what they wrongly perceive the Catholic Church to be.

Scepticism is never certain of itself, being less a firm intellectual position than a pose to justify bad behavior.

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

It's impossible to lose your footing when you're on your knees.