It is much easier to conquer a country than to conquer ourselves.

Loneliness and the feeling that you're no use to anyone - the worst kind of poverty.

I know i am touching the living body of Christ in the broken bodies of the hungry and the suffering.

The miracle is not that we do this work, but that we are happy to do it.

Riches, both material and spiritual, can choke you if you do not use them fairly. For not even God can put anything in a heart that is already full.

These are the few ways we can practice humility: To speak as little as possible of one's self. To mind one's own business. Not to want to manage other people's affairs. To avoid curiosity. To accept contradictions and correction cheerfully. To pass over the mistakes of others. To accept insults and injuries. To accept being slighted, forgotten and disliked. To be kind and gentle even under provocation. Never to stand on one's dignity. To choose always the hardest.

We must never be afraid to be a sign of contradiction for the world.