Do not let Sunday be taken from you. If your soul has no Sunday, it becomes an orphan.

Man can hardly even recognize the devils of his own creation.

Life becomes harder for us when we live for others, but it also becomes richer and happier.

In the past we have tried to make a distinction between animals which we acknowledge have some value and other which, having none, can be liquidated when we wish. This standard must be abandoned. Everything that lives has value simply as a living thing, as one of the manifestations of the mystery that is life.

The thinking (person) must oppose all cruel customs, no matter how deeply rooted in tradition and surrounded by a halo. When we have a choice, we must avoid bringing torment and injury into the life of another.

Most men are scantily nourished on a modicum of happiness and a number of empty thoughts which life lays on their plates. They are kept in the road of life through stern necessity by elemental duties which they cannot avoid.

O heavenly Father, protect and bless all things that have breath: guard them from all evil and let them sleep in peace.