The world was won for Christ not by arguments but by sanctity: "What you are speaks so loud, I can hardly hear what you say."

Our soul, like Mary's body, is to receive God Himself if only we, like her, believe, consent and receive; if only we speak her truly magic word fiat, "let it be." It is the creative word, the word God used to create the universe.

We cannot hate truth in general, all truth, as we cannot hate food in general, all food. But we can hate a particular truth even though it is good for us, as we can hate a particular food even though it is good for us.

How you approach the problem of suffering depends on how you approach life itself. There are only two ways. Either meaning is surrounded by matter, or matter is surrounded by meaning.

Suffering is not blessed because it is suffering but because it is [Christ's]. Suffering is not the context that explains the cross; the cross is the context that explains suffering.

The Inquisition confused sin with sinners and judged both. Modern Americans make the same mistake but judge neither.

If you want to get wet, go out to where it is raining; If you want to be a saint, find one and hang out with him.