Understand this well: there is something holy, something divine hidden in the most ordinary situations, and it is up to each one of you to discover it.

Christian optimism is not a sugary optimism, nor is it a mere human confidence that everything will turn out all right. It is an optimism that sinks its roots into an awareness of our freedom, and the sure knowledge of the power of grace. It is an optimism that leads us to make demands on ourselves, to struggle to respond at every moment to God's call.

To begin is easy; to persevere is sanctity.- Let your perseverance not be a blind consequence of the first impulse, the work of inertia: let it be a reflective perseverance.

If you have so many defects, why are you surprised to find defects in others?

He has much who needs least. Do not create necessities for yourself.

When you approach the tabernacle remember that he has been waiting for you for twenty centuries.

Don't say, "That person bothers me." Think: "That person sanctifies me".