The more you have, the more you are occupied, the less you give. But the less you have the more free you are. Poverty for us is a freedom. It is not mortification, a penance. It is joyful freedom. There is no television here, no this, no that. But we are perfectly happy.

Do not look for Jesus away from yourselves. He is not out there; He is in you. Keep your lamp burning, and you will recognize him.

We must become holy, not because we want to feel holy, but because Christ must be able to live his life fully in us.

It is not the magnitude of our actions, but the amount of love that is put into them that matters.

Be perfect as your Father in heaven is perfect.

... do not spare me in anything -- let there be less and less of me in everything.

There should be less talk. A preaching point is not a meeting point.