Dietrich Von Hildebrand

Better to be a beggar in freedom than to be forced into compromises against my conscience.

One saintly priest attracts more souls to Christ...than do those who lack the imprint of their sacred office

The way to attain the virtue of mercy lies in our constant awareness of being encompassed by mercy.

The great mystery of our metaphysical situation, that God is nearer to us than we are ourselves, is manifest in the fact that we cannot even be wholly ourselves—in the sense of individuality as a unique divine thought—until we are reborn in Christ.

There are really no serious arguments for communion in the hand. But there are the most gravely serious kinds of arguments against it.