To defend his purity, Saint Francis of Assisi rolled in the snow, Saint Benedict threw himself into a thorn bush, and Saint Bernard plunged into an icy pond... You - what have you done?

Understand this well: there is something holy, something divine hidden in the most ordinary situations, and it is up to each one of you to discover it.

Either we learn to find the Lord in the ordinary everyday life or else we shall never find him

Don't say, "That person bothers me." Think: "That person sanctifies me".

You're bored? That's because you keep your senses awake and your soul asleep.

Put your heart aside. Duty comes first. But when fulfilling your duty, put your heart into it. It helps.

You need a heart which is in love, not an easy life, to achieve happiness.

To begin is for everyone. To persevere is for saints.

Say the Holy Rosary. Blessed be that monotony of Hail Mary's which purifies the monotony of your sins!

You don't know how to pray? Put yourself in the presence of God, and as soon as you have said, 'Lord, I don't know how to pray!' you can be sure you have already begun.

When you approach the tabernacle remember that he has been waiting for you for twenty centuries.

It takes a rare person to care the same or more about you than themselves. So, until you find that person, please look after yourself.

I experience the age I am now as an age at which I must ensure that I already am what I insist or believe I am going to be.

Our reason has driven all away. Alone at last, we end up ruling over a desert.

It is better to decide a difference between enemies than friends, for one of our friends will certainly become an enemy and one of our enemies a friend.

Socrates... Whom well inspir'd the oracle pronounc'd Wisest of men.

There's no way a human being can escape his or her human-ness to be able to imagine God. We can talk about how we've experienced God, not what or who God is.

Obedience is the pathway to blessing. It’s the means of protection. It’s the means of joy. It’s the means to finding God’s best in our lives.

Every year I'm doing different projects, concerts, touring, open-air festivals.

If you're willing to answer yes to a God outside of nature, then there's nothing inconsistent with God on rare occasions choosing to invade the natural world in a way that appears miraculous.