The married man and the mother of a Christian family, if they are faithful to their obligations, will fulfill a mission that is as great as it is consoling: that of bringing into the world and forming young souls capable of happiness and love, souls capable of sanctification and transformation in Christ.

Let us come alive to the splendor that is all around us and see the beauty in ordinary things.

Art is not an end in itself. It introduces the soul into a higher spiritual order, which it expresses and in some sense explains.

Love is a special way of being alive.

It is in the ordinary duties and labors of life that the Christian can and should develop his spiritual union with God.

We refuse love, and reject society, in so far as it seems, in our own perverse imagination, to imply some obscure kind of humiliation

Learn how to meditate on paper. Drawing and writing are forms of meditation. Learn how to contemplate works of art. Learn how to pray in the streets or in the country. Know how to meditate not only when you have a book in your hand but when you are waiting for a bus or riding in a train.