Grant me the treasure of sublime poverty.
You should never praise anyone until you see how he turns out in the end!
Here is one of the best means to acquire humility; fix well in mind this maxim: One is as much as he is in the sight of God, and no more.
Don't canonize me too soon. I'm perfectly capable of fathering a child.
Where there is charity and wisdom, there is neither fear nor ignorance.
All things of creation are children of the Father and thus brothers of man. ... God wants us to help animals, if they need help. Every creature in distress has the same right to be protected.