What we shall need is not geniuses, or cynics, or misanthropes, or clever tacticians, but plain, honest, straghtforward men.

Who can really be faithful in great things if he has not learned to be faithful in the things of daily life?

God does not give us everything we want, but He does fulfill His promises.

The child asks of the Father whom he knows. Thus, the essence of Christian prayer is not general adoration, but definite, concrete petition. The right way to approach God is to stretch out our hands and ask of One who we know has the heart of a Father.

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.

The will of God, to which the law gives expression, is that men should defeat their enemies by loving them.

One who loves his community destroys community; one who loves its members builds community.