Good works do not make a good man, but a good man does good works.

True humility does not know that it is humble. If it did, it would be proud from the contemplation of so fine a virtue.

The defects of a preacher are soon spied.

I am more afraid of my own heart than of the pope and all his cardinals. I have within me the great pope, Self.

If I am not allowed to laugh in heaven, I don't want to go there.

The worship of God....should be free at table, in private rooms, downstairs, upstairs, at home, abroad, in all places, by all peoples, at all times

Love is an image of God, and not a lifeless image, but the living essence of the divine nature which beams full of all goodness.