Nothing can tend so much to humble us before the mercy and justice of God as the consideration of His benefits and our own sins. Let us, then, consider what He has done for us, and what we have done against Him; let us call to mind our sins in detail, and His gracious benefits in like manner, remembering that whatever there is of good in us is not ours, but His, and then we need not be afraid of vainglory or of taking complacency in ourselves.

Do few things but do them well, simple joys are holy.

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.

All the darkness in the world cannot extinguish the light of a single candle.

The journey is essential to the dream.

Lord, grant that I might not so much seek to be loved as to love.

Start by doing what's necessary; then do what's possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible.