Why do you have to pray? Why do you have to breathe? Because otherwise I'd die.
- Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi
Wherever the bishop shall appear, there let the multitude also be; even as, wherever Jesus Christ is, there is the Catholic Church.
- St. Ignatius of Antioch
We always find that those who walked closest to Christ were those who had to bear the greatest trials.
- St. Teresa of Avila
Listen and attend with the ear of your heart
- St. Benedict
Charity is certainly greater than any rule. Moreover, all rules must lead to charity.
- St. Vincent de Paul
Love is itself the fulfillment of all our works. There is the goal; that is why we run: we run toward it, and once we reach it, in it we shall find rest.
- St. Augustine
The love of our private friends is the only preparatory exercise for the love of all men.
- Bl. Cardinal John Henry Newman