A sacrament is a visible sign of an invisible reality.

I do not ask for the riches that perish or the fame that fades away like a morning mist.

Holiness of life is not the privilege of a chosen few - it is the obligation, the call, and the will of God for every Christian.

Every moment of life is like a sacrament in which we can receive God. It is a channel through which God speaks to us, forms us, and directs us.

I am not like a pebble on the beach - a grain of sand on the seashore or just one of millions of human beings past, present and future. No, I am a unique human being loved by God as if I were an only child - the only fruit of his creative powers.

Every time I say 'no' to a small temptation, I strengthen my will to say 'no' to a greater one.

Saints are ordinary people who do what they do for the love of Jesus, say what they must say without fear, love their neighbor even when they are cursed by him, and live without regret over yesterday or fear of tomorrow.

When we begin to build walls of prejudice, hatred, pride, and self-indulgence around ourselves, we are more surely imprisoned than any prisoner behind concrete walls and iron bars.

Our lack of forgiveness makes us hate, and our lack of compassion makes us hard-hearted. Pride in our hearts makes us resentful and keeps our memory in a constant whirlwind of passion and self-pity.

Each angel that God created was in himself a masterpiece. Each one possessed his own degree of intelligence and his own beauty.

We live in an age of technology and science that demands proof, and yet we desire mystery. But when God gives us mystery, we seek to destroy it by gross indifference or childish reasoning.

God knows Himself and every created thing perfectly. Not a blade of grass or the tiniest insect escapes His eye.

I am a Muslim, yes, but I am also very English. People don't realise how proud I am to be representing my country or being from Birmingham.

My life was forever changed by people who took the time and had the patience to learn my story and to share theirs with me. They forsook judgment and came to me with kindness and empathy and the impact of that decision was huge.

I feel like I was transformed by the kindness of people who had every reason to show me cruelty and the transformative power of their decision to treat me like a human being, that was so huge, that anytime somebody wants me to talk about that I feel like I absolutely want to do that.

There's a learned helplessness for a lot of people who are leaving Westboro because you're not allowed to have any kind of independence when you are there so a lot of people don't have practical life skills.

I don't believe any more that God hates almost all of mankind.

I don't believe any more that WBC has a monopoly on truth.

I don't think that, if you do everything else in your life right and you happen to be gay, you're automatically going to hell.

It really bugs me that Twitter gets such a bad rep.

I believe in so much - I believe in people. I believe in hope.

I try to focus on using my energy to change things, but there are times when I feel so bad.

We were raised to believe that our way of seeing the world was the only way.

When we lose hope that there is a possibility of reaching the other side - I don't even like to say the 'other side' because there are so many sides, and breaking it down into us/them is oversimplifying - it allows us to treat people in a way that's incredibly destructive.