Beware the man of a single book.
There is nothing on this earth more to be prized than true friendship.
Better to illuminate than merely to shine, to deliver to others contemplated truths than merely to contemplate.
How is it they live in such harmony, the billions of stars, when most men can barely go a minute without declaring war in their minds?
Faith has to do with things that are not seen, and hope with things that are not in hand.
If you are looking for the way by which you should go, take Christ, because he himself is the way.
While injustice is the worst of sins, despair is the most dangerous; because when you are in despair you care neither about yourself nor about others.
To convert somebody go and take them by the hand and guide them.
To one who has faith, no explanation is necessary. To one without faith, no explanation is possible.
In the life of the body a man is sometimes sick, and unless he takes medicine, he will die. Even so in the spiritual life a man is sick on account of sin. For that reason he needs medicine so that he may be restored to health; and this grace is bestowed in the Sacrament of Penance.
If the highest aim of a captain were to preserve his ship, he would keep it in port forever.
Nothing created has ever been able to fill the heart of man. God alone can fill it infinitely.