I feel called to help individuals, to love each human being. I never think in terms of crowds in general but in terms of persons. Were I to think about crowds, I would never begin anything.

Holiness consists in doing God’s will joyfully. Faithfulness makes saints. The spiritual life is a union with Jesus: the divine and the human giving themselves to each other. The only thing Jesus asks of us is to give ourselves to him, in total poverty and total self-forgetfulness.

I'm a little pencil in the hand of a writing God, who is sending a love letter to the world.

Real prayer is union with God.

I alone cannot change the world, but I can cast a stone across the waters to create many ripples.

I will not pray clarity for you. Clarity is the crutch of the Christian. But I will pray trust for you, that your trust will increase.

How can there be too many children? That is like saying there are too many flowers.