It is in deep solitude and silence that I find the gentleness with which I can truly love my brother and sister.

We do not want to be beginners. But let us be convinced of the fact that we will never be anything else but beginners, all our life!

... but any fool knows that you don't need money to get enjoyment out of life.

We become contemplatives when God discovers Himself in us.

We are not at peace with others because we are not at peace with ourselves, and we are not at peace with ourselves because we are not at peace with God

Every breath we draw is a gift of God's love; every moment of existence is a grace.

It is both dangerous and easy to hate man as he is because he is not what he ought to be. If we do not first respect what he is we will never suffer him to become what he ought to be: in our impatience we do away with him altogether.