Neighbourliness is not a quality in other people, it is simply their claim on ourselves.

The biggest mistake you can make in your life is to be always afraid of making a mistake.

Death is hell and night and cold, if it is not transformed by our faith. But that is just what is so marvelous, that we can transform death.

The best-informed man is not necessarily the wisest. Indeed there is a danger that precisely in the multiplicity of his knowledge he will lose sight of what is essential.

It is the voice of the Church that is heard in singing together. It is not you that sings, it is the Church that is singing, and you, as a member of the Church, may share in its song.

Often we combat our evil thoughts most effectively if we absolutely refuse to allow them to be expressed in words.

If you believe, take the first step, it leads to Jesus Christ. If you don't believe, take the first step all the same, for you are bidden to take it.