All of history is a kind of broken marriage and God puts it back together again.

We need to have the mind of a conservative and the heart of a liberal.

Mary's light is like that of the moon, totally reflected from the sun, the Son of God.

It is just as crazy not to be crazy about Christ as it is to be crazy about anything else.

God alone has the secret of eternal life and joy.

A saint is Christ's bride, totally attached, faithful, dependent. A saint is also totally independent, detached from idols and from other husbands... A saint is higher than anyone else in the world. A saint is the real mountain climber. A saint is also lower than anyone else in the world. As with water, he flows to the lowest places - like Calcutta.

Ethics without virtue is an illusion. What is the highest purpose of ethics? It is to make a person good, that is virtuous.