“What you do matters — but not much. What you are matters tremendously.”

“The duty of the moment is what you should be doing at any given time, in whatever place God has put you.You may not have Christ in a homeless person at your door, but you may have a little child.If you have a child, your duty of the moment may be to change a dirty diaper.So you do it.But you don't just change that diaper, you change it to the best of your ability, with great love for both God and that child....There are all kinds of good Catholic things you can do, but whatever they are, you have to realize that there is always the duty of the moment to be done.And it must be done, because the duty of the moment is the duty of God.”

“The endless pursuit of new life styles or academic degrees and recognition is not the way to priestly happiness.”

“I don’t really know what “intellectual” means, but if it means you’ve got a desire to learn, you’ve got a desire to look for things that haven’t been presented to you, then, maybe. I think that “intellectual” is quite an exclusive word. I think it’s just for anyone that has a thirst or a hunger to improve themselves, or a yearning to escape from somewhere to get to a better place.”

“Labels are boring and often have nothing to with the person; it is just the way others perceive you, or choose to perceive you.”

“Believe me, Athelstan, you can wrap a dog's turd in a cloth of gold but it remains a dog's turd.”

“What ever you do-Don't get caught.”