We may speak of love and humility as the true flowers of spiritual growth; and they give off a wonderful scent, which benefits all those who come near.

But the fact is, things always seem to come slowly when you are longing for them.

There is more value in a little study of humility and in a single act of it than in all the knowledge in the world.

How friendly we should all be with one another if nobody were interested in money and honor.

Anyone who has the habit of speaking before God's majesty as if he were speaking to a slave, careless about how he is speaking, and saying whatever comes into his head and whatever he's learned from saying prayers at other times, in my opinion is not praying. Please, God, may no Christian pray in this way.

I am afraid that if we begin to put our trust in human help, some of our Divine help will fail us.

To wish to act like angels while we are still in this world is nothing but folly.