We cannot find Him unless we know we need Him. We forget this need when we take a self-sufficient pleasure in our own good works. The poor and helpless are the first to find Him, Who came to seek and to save that which was lost.

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

Humility sets us free to do what is really good, by showing us our illusions and withdrawing our will from what was only an apparent good.

In humility is the greatest freedom. As long as you have to defend the imaginary self that you think is important, you lose your peace of heart.

The great thing, and the only thing, is to adore and praise GOD.

The degradation of the sense of symbol in modern society is one of its many signs of spiritual decay.

The humble person receives praise the way a clean window takes the light of the sun. The truer and more intense the light is, the less you see of the glass.