Nothing created has ever been able to fill the heart of man. God alone can fill it infinitely.

The soul is like an uninhabited world that comes to life only when God lays His head against us.

The celebration of Holy Mass is as valuable as the death of Jesus on the cross.

Without the suitable conditions life could not exist. But both life and its conditions set forth the operations of inscrutable Power. We know not its origin; we know not its end. And the presumption, if not the degradation, rests with those who place upon the throne of the universe a magnified image of themselves, and make its doings a mere colossal imitation of their own. Wonder was the motive that led people to philosophy ... wonder is a kind of desire in knowledge. It is the cause of delight because it carries with it the hope of discovery.

To one who has faith, no explanation is necessary. To one without faith, no explanation is possible.

Law; an ordinance of reason for the common good, made by him who has care of the community.

As mariners are guided into port by the shining of a star, so Christians are guided to heaven by Mary.