Earthly goods are given to be used, not to be collected.... Hoarding is idolatry.

Advent creates people, new people.

Gratitude changes the pangs of memory into a tranquil joy.

It is grace, nothing but grace, that we are allowed to live in community with Christian brethren.

Time is lost when we have not lived a full human life, time unenriched by experience, creative endeavor, enjoyment, and suffering.

God honors some with great suffering and grants them the grace of martyrdom, while other are not tempted beyond their strength. But in every case it is one cross.

A person who loves community tends to destroy it. But a person who loves people creates community wherever he goes.