The Cross is the way to Paradise, but only when it is borne willingly.

As for me, I cannot understand how it is possible not to be always thinking of God.

Make great account of your precious trials, both interior and exterior; it is thus that the garden of Jesus is adorned with flowers, that is, with acts of virtue.

When you feel the assaults of passion and anger, then is the time to be silent as Jesus was silent in the midst of His ignominies and sufferings.

Do you know why God subjects you to so many miseries? That He may bestow on you the riches of heaven.

Meditation on Jesus Christ crucified is a precious balm which sweetens all pains.

If you correspond to the designs of God, He will make a saint of you.

I tell you that victory consists in conquering self. That is the greatest enemy.

Place your hopes in the mercy of God and the merits of our Redeemer; say often, looking at the crucifix: There are centered all my hopes.

Be very careful to retain peace of heart, because Satan casts his lines in troubled waters.

If it works, it's out of date.

I'm not sure whether it is me changing my mind, or whether I lie a lot.

The minute you know you're on safe ground, you're dead.

The end comes when the infinites arrive.

My sexual nature is irrelevant. I'm an actor, I play roles, fragments of myself.

Style is about the choices you make to create the aspects of civilization that you wish to uphold.

And I think my spaceship knows which way to go.

Once you lose that sense of wonder at being alive, you're pretty much on the way out.

And these children that you spit on as they try to change their worlds are immune to your consultations. They're quite aware of what they're going through.