Do not worry! Earthly goods deceive the human heart into believing that they give it security and freedom from worry. But in truth, they are what cause anxiety. The heart which clings to goods receives with them the choking burden of worry. Worry collects treasures, and treasures produce more worries. We desire to secure our lives with earthly goods; we want our worrying to make us worry-free, but the truth is the opposite. The chains which bind us to earthly goods, the clutches which hold the goods tight, are themselves worries.

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

Let him who cannot be alone beware of community. Let him who is not in community beware of being alone.

The beginning of love for the brethren is learning to listen to them.

The restoration of the church must surely depend on a new kind of monasticism, which has nothing in common with the old but a life of uncompromising discipleship, following Christ according to the sermon on the mount. I believe the time has come to gather people together to do this.

God is not a God of the emotions but the God of truth.

My past life is abundantly full of God's mercy, and, above all sin, stands the forgiving love of the Crucified.