A day without morning and evening prayers and personal intercessions is actually a day without meaning or importance.

The church is not a religious community of worshippers of Christ but is Christ himself who has taken form among people.

The church ... is not just to bandage the victims under the wheel, but to put a spoke in the wheel itself.

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.

We are silent at the beginning of the day because God should have the first word, and we are silent before going to sleep because the last word also belongs to God.

Christianity preaches the infinite worth of that which is seemingly worthless and the infinite worthlessness of that which is seemingly so valued.

Only he who gives thanks for the little things receives the big things.