To be alone by being part of the universe-fitting in completely to an environment of woods and silence and peace. Everything you do becomes a unity and a prayer. Unity within and without.

The Christian life, and especially the contemplative life, is a continual discovery of Christ in new and unexpected places.

A man knows when he has found his vocation when he stops thinking about how to live and begins to live.

For me to be a saint means to be myself. Therefore the problem of sanctity and salvation is in fact the problem of finding out who I am and of discovering my true self.

We are obliged to love one another. We are not strictly bound to "like" one another.

Love is not a matter of getting what you want. Quite the contrary. The insistence on always having what you want, on always being satisfied, on always being fulfilled, makes love impossible.

Today will never come again.