The only way to live in any true security is to live so close to the bottom that when you fall you do not have far to drop, you do not have much to lose.

The works of mercy are the opposite of the works of war, feeding the hungry, sheltering the homeless, nursing the sick, visiting the prisoner. But we are destroying crops, setting fire to entire villages and to the people in them. We are not performing the works of mercy but the works of war.

We cannot build up the idea of the apostolate of the laity without the foundation of the liturgy.

What else do we all want, each one of us, except to love and be loved, in our families, in our work, in all our relationships?

Knitting is very conducive to thought. It is nice to knit a while, put down the needles, write a while, then take up the sock again.

People, wherever they are, can make a community.

If we love each other enough, we will bear with each other’s faults and burdens.