Solitude is the furnace of transformation.

In solitude we become aware that our worth is not the same as our usefulness.

When we have nothing to cling to as our own and cease thinking of ourselves as people who must defend privileges, we can open ourselves freely to others with the faithful expectation that our strength will manifest itself in our shared weakness.

The great #‎ conversion called for by Jesus is to move from belonging to the world to belonging to God.

Our inclination is to show our Lord only what we feel comfortable with. But the more we dare to reveal our whole trembling self to him, the more we will be able to sense that his love, which is perfect love, casts out all our fears.

The greatest trap in our life is not success, popularity or power, but self-rejection.

...real care means the willingness to help each other in making our brokenness into the gateway to joy.