The Catholic ideal is to order the whole of life towards unity, not by the denial and destruction of the natural human values, but by bringing them into living relation with spiritual truth and spiritual reality.
Not only does God play dice, but... he sometimes throws them where they cannot be seen.
Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.
One of the greatest tragedies in mankind's entire history may be that morality was hijacked by religion.
You will not enter paradise until you have faith. And you will not complete your faith until you love one another.
As the poet said, 'Only God can make a tree' - probably because it's so hard to figure out how to get the bark on.
There is a God shaped vacuum in the heart of every man which cannot be filled by any created thing, but only by God, the Creator, made known through Jesus.
Religion is the recognition of all our duties as divine commands.
Devotion does not mean only chanting praise and singing glory of God, nor fasting and offerings made to God. Devotion is a specific attitude towards life and existence.
Be peaceful, be courteous, obey the law, respect everyone; but if someone puts his hand on you, send him to the cemetery.
It is quite useless knocking at the door of heaven for earthly comfort. It's not the sort of comfort they supply there.
While you are proclaiming peace with your lips, be careful to have it even more fully in your heart.
The world is my country,all mankind are my brethren,and to do good is my religion.
Make sure you are doing what God wants you to do - then do it with all your strength.
Religion is excellent stuff for keeping common people quiet. Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich.
It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the Kingdom of Heaven
The more powerful and original a mind, the more it will incline towards the religion of solitude
Everyone who has ever built anywhere a 'new heaven' first found the power thereto in his own hell.
Faith in oneself is the best and safest course.
I, for one, thoroughly believe that no power in the universe can withhold from anyone anything they really deserve.
There is a polish for everything that takes away rust, and the polish for the heart is the remembrance of God.
