Every breath we draw is a gift of God's love; every moment of existence is a grace.

The greatest temptations are not those that solicit our consent to obvious sin, but those that offer us great evils masking as the greatest goods.

When I pray for peace, I pray not only that the enemies of my own country may cease to want war, but above all that my country will cease to do the things that make war inevitable.

Power always protects the good of some at the expense of all others.

The whole world is charged with the glory of God and I feel fire and music under my feet.

When you reread your journal you find out that your newest discovery is something you already found out five years ago.

O God, my God, the night has values that the day never dreamed of.