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When you do the first half of life well, you have a good sense of yourself.
A human person is infinitely precious and must be unconditionally protected.
When we are crushed like grapes, we cannot think of the wine we will become.
To give someone a blessing is the most significant affirmation we can offer.
Anyone who thinks that the climbing of Denali is a picnic is badly mistaken.
We must make up our minds to be ignorant of much, if we would know anything.
Gandhi was much more Christian than many people who say they are Christians.
In Christ and through Christ man has acquired full awareness of his dignity.
Baptism is the door of the spiritual life and the gateway to the sacraments.
[I]t is His good pleasure that we remain always in the holy joy of His love.
[E]xcess in the practice of virtue is no less imperfect than the lack of it.
Is it not better to fail after asking advice than to risk acting on our own?
What we're about is a manifestation of the Catholic roots of Boston College.
Actions speak louder than words; let your words teach and your actions speak.
I think we d like life to be like a train..but it turns out to be a sailboat.
Nothing we learn about the universe threatens our faith. It only enriches it.
Dorothy Day, Cesar Chavez - these are people whose thoughts are so important.
In the last resort, a love of God without love of humanity is no love at all.
I remember the Curia said, that's up to the American bishops, not up to Rome.
In solitude we become aware that our worth is not the same as our usefulness.
I always try to turn my personal struggles into something helpful for others.
The writer's shortness of breath became more and more distressing as he rose.
A good leader sees everything, overlooks a great deal, and corrects a little.
When I am not king, then THE Kingdom has its best chance of breaking through.
There is Someone dancing with you, and you are not afraid of making mistakes.
Prayer may not change things for you, but it for sure changes you for things.
Happiness is secured through virtue; it is a good attained by man's own will.
Without sanctifying grace it is not possible to refrain long from mortal sin.
All the efforts of the human mind cannot exhaust the essence of a single fly.
Moral science is better occupied when treating of friendship than of justice.
Charity, by which God and neighbor are loved, is the most perfect friendship.
I cannot understand how anyone conscious of mortal sin can laugh or be merry.
Always be quite simple and sincere and ask God to grant me those two virtues.
In the process of replacing the old religions, Christianity became a religion.
Our life is...a time in which sadness and joy kiss each other at every moment.
Trust that the treasure we look for is hidden in the ground on which we stand.
I trust in you, Lord, but keep helping me in my moments of distrust and doubt.
There is nothing so important in the family as the sacred quality of the meal.
People who read your ideas tend to think that your writings reflect your life.
Peacemaking is a full-time vocation that includes each member of God's people.
Only God knows the good that can come about by reading one good Catholic book.
No matter where you are in the world the moon is never bigger than your thumb.
Reason is God's gift, but so are the passions. Reason is as guilty as passion.
Let us consider the reason of the case. For nothing is law that is not reason.
The Son of God became man for our salvation but only in Mary and through Mary.
The history of mankind, the history of salvation, passes by way of the family.
Darkness can only be scattered by light, hatred can only be conquered by love.
Love between man and woman cannot be built without sacrifices and self-denial.
Pain and suffering that are not transformed are usually projected onto others.
We have laws against polluting our rivers but not against polluting our minds.