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.

Humble people can do great things with uncommon perfection because they are no longer concerned about their own interests and their own reputation, and therefore they no longer need to waste their efforts in defending them.

It is true that we are called to create a better world. But we are first of all called to a more immediate and exalted task: that of creating our own lives.

A man who fails well is greater than one who succeeds badly.

Music is pleasing not only because of the sound but because of the silence that is in it: without the alternation of sound and silence there would be no rhythm.

God, have mercy on me in the blindness in which I hope I am seeking You!

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