I have the immense joy of being man, a member of a race in which God Himself became incarnate. As if the sorrows and stupidities of the human condition could overwhelm me, now that I realize what we all are. And if only everybody could realize this! But it cannot be explained. There is no way of telling people that they are all walking around shining like the sun.

A humble man is not afraid of failure. In fact, he is not afraid of anything, even himself, since perfect humility implies perfect confidence in the power of God.

Cupidity...takes created things for ends in themselves, which they are not. The will that seeks rest in creatures for their own sake stops on the way to its true end, terminates in a value which does not exist, and thus frustrates all its deepest capacities for happiness and peace.

Conscience is the light by which we interpret the will of God in our own lives.

Man was made for the highest activity, which is, in fact, his rest.

Reason is in fact the path to faith, and faith takes over when reason can say no more.

Contemplative living is living in true relationship with oneself, God, others and nature, free of the illusions of separateness.