Humility is first, second and third in Christianity.

I do not doubt that all those who have received Baptism anywhere and from whomever do have Baptism, as long as it was consecrated with the words of the Gospel and they received it without pretence on their part and with some degree of faith. However, it would not avail them for their spiritual salvation if they were lacking in that charity by which they might be implanted in the Catholic Church.

When we read a book, our most essential trait - imagination - is given the opportunity to soar.

The Old (Testament) is in the New (Testament) revealed, the New is in the Old concealed.

O Lord, help me to be pure, but not yet.

The fruits of charity are joy, peace, and mercy; charity demands beneficence and fraternal correction; it is benevolence; it fosters reciprocity and remains disinterested and generous; it is friendship and communion: Love is itself the fulfillment of all our works. There is the goal; that is why we run: we run toward it, and once we reach it, in it we shall find rest.

No one can begin a new life, unless he repent of the old.