Sweetest Lord, make me appreciative of the dignity of my high vocation, and its many responsibilities. Never permit me to disgrace it by giving way to coldness, unkindness, or impatience.

Life is not worth living unless it is lived for others.

If you are hungry to hear the voice of God, you will hear. To hear, you have to cut out all other things.

If everyone could see the image of God in his neighbor, do you think we should still need tanks and generals?

What you do to these men on California's Death Row, you do to God.

Thoughtfulness is the beginning of great sanctity. If you learn this art of being thoughtful, you will become more and more Christ-like, for his heart was meek and he always thought of others. Our vocation, to be beautiful, must be full of thought for others.

Once we take our eyes away from ourselves, from our interests, from our own rights, privileges, ambitions - then they will become clear to see Jesus around us.