Christianity can be described as a theological materialism: It is that which transforms our material existence. If our faith does not throw us into ….

No soul willfully does wrong..

More will be accomplished, and better, and with more ease, if every man does what he is best fitted to do, and nothing else..

A nation,” he heard himself say, “consists of its laws. A nation does not consist of its situation at a given time. If an individual’s morals are sit….

Happiness does not consist in having what you want, but in wanting what you have.

The rule is: the word 'it's' (with apostrophe) stands for 'it is' or 'it has'. If the word does not stand for 'it is' or 'it has' then what you requi….

All soul is immortal. For that which is always in movement is immortal; that which moves something else, and is moved by something else, in ceasing f….

No one can grow if he does not accept his smallness..

We also must learn to listen more to our conscience. Be careful, however: this does not mean we ought to follow our ego, do whatever interests us, wh….

So many of you have lost everything. I do not know what to tell you. But surely he knows what to tell you! So many of you have lost members of your f….

There may be something petty in a refined taste; it easily degenerates into effeminacy. It does not consider the broadest use. It is not content with….

From whence comes it that a cripple in body does not irritate us, and that a crippled mind enrages us? It is because a cripple sees that we go right,….

If a man can be properly said to love something, it must be clear that he feels affection for it as a whole, and does not love part of it to the excl….

Take good care of creation. St. Francis wanted that. People occasionally forgive, but nature never does. If we don't take care of the environment, th….

And does not true freedom mean choosing ways in this world that lead to the good of all and are guided by love?.

The arc of the celebrity phenomenon ultimately is: everything turns to dust and everything does go away..

The deliberate expansion of means and methods does not automatically bring a new dimension of value..

Wealth does not bring excellence, but that wealth comes from excellence..

The problem of pornography is that it does not reveal too much of a woman but too little..

The happiness of one does not mean the unhappiness of the others..

Painting for me is like a fabric, all of a piece and uniform, with one set of threads as the representational, esthetic element, and the cross-thread….