In ordinary life we hardly realize that we receive a great deal more than we give, and that it is only with gratitude that life becomes rich.

If you do a good job for others, you heal yourself at the same time, because a dose of joy is a spiritual cure.

The Incarnation is the ultimate reason why the service of God cannot be divorced from the service of man.

Costly grace is the gospel which must be sought again and again, the gift which must be asked for, the door at which a man must knock.

There is no kindness more cruel than the kindness which consigns another person to their sin.

Prayer does not mean simply to pour out one's heart. It means rather to find the way to God and to speak with him, whether the heart is full or empty.

Not everyone can wait: neither the sated nor the satisfied nor those without respect can wait. The only ones who can wait are people who carry restlessness around with them.