I want to throw open the windows of the Church so that we can see out and the people can see in.

The thought of the presence of God and the spirit of worship will in all my actions have as their immediate object Jesus, God and man, really present in the most holy Eucharist. The spirit of sacrifice, of humiliation, of scorn for self in the eyes of men, will be illuminated, supported and strengthened by the constant thought of Jesus, humiliated and despised in the Blessed Sacrament

The nations of the world are becoming more and more dependent on one another and it will not be possible to preserve a lasting peace so long as glaring economic and social imbalances persist.

The family is the first essential cell of human society.

I am able to follow my own death step by step. Now I move softly towards the end.

The deposit of the faith is one thing... the way it is expressed is another.

Listen to everything, forget much, correct little.