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Only He who made man makes man happy.

The more you devote yourself to study of the sacred utterances, the richer will be your understanding of them, just as the more the soil is tilled, the richer the harvest.

In Christ and through Christ man has acquired full awareness of his dignity.

Real prayer is union with God.

Be humble in this life.

Real prayer is union with God, a union as vital as that of the vine to the branch.

Because I cannot rely on myself, I rely on Him, twenty-four hours a day.

Hope, O my soul, hope. You know neither the day nor the hour.

Two works of mercy set a person free: Forgive and you will be forgiven, and give and you will receive.

All the things that are now worrying you can be put into a smile which shows your love of God.

O, You who are ever giving life to all life, moving all creatures, root of all things, washing them clean, wiping out their mistakes, healing their wounds, You are our true life, luminous, wonderful, awakening the heart from its ancient sleep.

We must be faithful to the present moment or we will frustrate the plan of God for our lives.

Often you can see power lines running alongside the street. Unless current is flowing through them, there is no light. The power line is you and I! The current is God! We have the power to allow the current to flow through us and thus to generate the light of the world: JESUS - or to refuse to be used and, thus, allow the darkness to spread.

Banish, therefore, from thy heart the distractions of earth and turn thine eyes to spiritual joys, that thou mayest learn at last to repose in the light of the contemplation of God.

Learn to do thy part and leave the rest to Heaven.

To will everything that God wills, and to will it always, in all circumstances and without reservations: that is the kingdom of God which is entirely within.

Whatever skills I have acquired, whatever gifts I have been given, I place them at Your service.

But above all preserve peace of heart. This is more valuable than any treasure.

The greatest act of faith is that which rises to your lips in total darkness together with the sacrifices, sufferings and wholehearted efforts of a determined will to do good. This act of faith strikes through the darkness of your soul like lightening. In the midst of tempest it raises you up and leads you to God.

Faith, joy, optimism. But not the folly of closing your eyes to reality.

Without prayer, our faith is weakened, our love grows cold, our hope becomes uncertain.