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“It reminds me how funny living in LA can be; You go to a friend's barbecue and you leave the face of Victoria Beckham's look book.”
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“Hell is to be contemplated strictly as a matter which concerns me alone. As part of the spiritual life it belongs behind the 'closed door' of my own room. From the standpoint of living faith, I cannot fundamentally believe in anyone's damnation but my own; as far as my neighbor is concerned, the light of resurrection can never be so obscured that I would be allowed or obliged to stop hoping for him.”
Source : Hans Urs von Balthasar (1986). “Prayer”, p.266, Ignatius Press
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“With the past, I have nothing to do; nor with the future. I live now.”
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“Players who stand flat footed and swing with their arms are golfers, not hitters.”
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“By being yourself, you put something wonderful in the world that was not there before.”
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“When you cook it should be an act of love. To put a frozen bag in the microwave for your child is an act of hate.”
Source : "Celebrity Chef Dishes Microwave Mothers". www.telegraph.co.uk. October 02, 2001.
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“A celibate, like the fly in the heart of an apple, dwells in a perpetual sweetness, but sits alone, and is confined and dies in singularity.”
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“Put yourself in a state of mind where you say to yourself, 'Here is an opportunity for me to celebrate like never before, my own power, my own ability to get myself to do whatever is necessary.”