No matter how small the gift, God gives the increase.

Let us take one day only in hands at a time. Resolve to do good today and better tomorrow.

No work of charity can be more productive of good to society than the careful instruction of women.

The simplest and most practical lesson I know is to resolve to be good today, but better tomorrow.

We must strive to do ordinary things extraordinarily well.

We should be shining lamps, giving light to all around us.

I have great confidence in you to do what you think best. State your opinion and always act with courage.

The tender Mercy of God has given us one another.

A community in which this universal charity reigns, is capable of surmounting all difficulties.

If the love of God really reigns in your heart, it will show itself in the exterior.

The poor need help today, not next week.

A patient willingness to defer dividends is a hallmark of individual maturity.

The flute of the Pied Piper of Hamelin has never left us and it is essential that we train our ear to detect its false notes because in our case the flute is being played by the rats.

Choose the life that is noblest, for custom can make it sweet to thee.

Covers matter. In my experience, a different cover can make you think you're reading an entirely different book.

It can be easy to love all beings from a distance; it can be a great challenge when we have to live with them.

Glance at the sun. See the moon and stars. Gaze at the beauty of the green earth. Now think.

The enemy of liberal capitalism today is not so much socialism as nihilism.

I see God in a sunrise, not in repetitious ritual.

Now, now my good man, this is no time to be making enemies." (Voltaire on his deathbed in response to a priest asking him that he renounce Satan.)

Things base and vile, holding no quantity, love can transpose to form and dignity