Sin has made us stupid, so that we can only learn the hard way.

We can and should investigate and learn from the wisdom in other religions.

Prayer is like Thanksgiving dinner. It takes one hour to eat it and ten hours to prepare it.

A God who did not abolish suffering-worse , a God who abolished sin precisely by suffering-is a scandal to the modern mind.

The rich fop Francis of Assisi was bored all his life-until he fell in love with Christ and gave all his stuff away and became the troubadour of Lady Poverty.

The national anthem of hell is, "I Did It My Way."

Humility is the marriage bond of Heaven. Pride is the frigidity of Hell.