Jealousy Is The Tribute Which Mediocrity Pays

Never Measure Your Generosity By What You Give, But Rather By What You Have Left.

There Is A Tendency Among Many Shallow Thinkers Of Our Day To Teach That Every Human Act Is A Reflex, Over Which We Do Not Exercise Human Control. They Would Rate A Generous Deed As No More Praiseworthy Than A Wink, A Crime As No More Voluntary Than A Sneeze. . . Such A Philosophy Undercuts All Human Dignity. . . All Of Us Have The Power Of Choice In Action At Every Moment Of Our Lives.

It's Impossible To Lose Your Footing When You're On Your Knees.

When The Record Of Any Human Life Is Set Down, There Are Three Pairs Of Eyes Who See It In A Different Light. There Is The Life As I See It. As Others See It, And As God Sees It.

When I Stand Up To Talk, People Listen To Me; They Will Follow What I Have To Say. Is It Any Power Of Mine? Of Course Not. St. Paul Says, 'what Have You That You Have Not Received And You Who Have Received, Why Do You Glory As If You Had Not?' But The Secret Of My Power Is That I Have Never In Fifty-five Years Missed Spending An Hour In The Presence Of Our Lord In The Blessed Sacrament. That's Where The Power Comes From. That's Where Sermons Are Born. That's Where Every Good Thought Is Conceived.