There are no ordinary people. You have never talked to a mere mortal.... Next to the Blessed Sacrament itself, your neighbor is the holiest object presented to your senses. If he is your Christian neighbor he is holy in almost the same way, for in him also Christ verse latitat - the glorifier and the glorified, Glory Himself, is truly hidden.

We are not necessarily doubting that God will do the best for us; we are wondering how painful the best will turn out to be.

Friendship is the greatest of worldly goods. Certainly to me it is the chief happiness of life. If I had to give a piece of advice to a young man about a place to live, I think I should say, 'sacrifice almost everything to live where you can be near your friends.'

He who has God and everything else has no more than he who has God only.

Long before history began we men have got together apart from the women and done things. We had time.

Good philosophy must exist, if for no other reason, because bad philosophy needs to be answered.

All names will soon be restored to their proper owners.