So give to the poor; I'm begging you, I'm warning you, I'm commanding you, I'm ordering you.

Should you ask me what is the first thing in religion, I should reply that the first, second, and third thing therein is humility.

He who has God has everything; he who has everything but God has nothing.

Don't you believe that there is in man a deep so profound as to be hidden even to him in whom it is?

God is not greater if you reverence Him, but you are greater if you serve Him.

We count on God's mercy for our past mistakes, on God's love for our present needs, on God's sovereignty for our future.

It is not the being seen of men that is wrong, but doing these things for the purpose of being seen of men. The problem with the hypocrite is his motivation.