God's love does not love that which is worthy of being loved, but it creates that which is worthy of being loved.

God our Father has made all things depend on faith so that whoever has faith will have everything, and whoever does not have faith will have nothing

This is the most dangerous trial of all, when there is no trial and every thing goes well; for then a man is tempted to forget God, to become too bold and to misuse times of prosperity.

I refuse to accept the idea that man is mere flotsam and jetsam in the river of life, unable to influence the unfolding events which surround him. I refuse to accept the view that mankind is so tragically bound to the starless midnight of racism and war that the bright daybreak of peace and brotherhood can never become a reality.

Earth has nothing more tender than a woman's heart when it is the abode of piety.

To be convinced in our hearts that we have forgiveness of sins and peace with God by grace alone is the hardest thing.

Ambition begat simony; simony begat the pope and his brethren, about the time of the Babylonish captivity