Born poor, but of honored and humble people, I am particularly proud to die poor.

I am made to tremble and I fear!

It is easier for a father to have children than for children to have a real father.

Mankind is a great, an immense family... This is proved by what we feel in our hearts at Christmas.

O Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament, I would like to be filled with love for You; keep me closely united with You, may my heart be near to Yours. I want to be to You like the apostle John. O Mary of the Rosary, keep me recollected when I say these prayers of yours; bind me forever, with your rosary, to Jesus of the Blessed Sacrament. Blessed be Jesus, my love.

... just as food is necessary to the life of the body, so good reading is necessary to the life of the soul.

In the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (December 1948) in most solemn form, the dignity of a person is acknowledged to all human beings; and as a consequence there is proclaimed, as a fundamental right, the right of free movement in search for truth and in the attainment of moral good and of justice, and also the right to a dignified life.