Because of his boundless love, Jesus became what we are that he might make us to be what he is. (Saint Irenaeus of Lyons,...

Indeed the mystery of Christ runs the risk of being disbelieved precisely because it is so incredibly wonderful (Saint Cyril of Alexandria, +444)

To begin is for everyone. To persevere is for saints. (Saint Josemaria Escriva, +1975)

He must increase, but I must decrease. (John 3:30)

If we lived in a state where virtue was profitable, common sense would make us saintly. But since we see that avarice, anger, pride...

At communion we ought to ask for the remedy of the vice to which we feel ourselves most inclined. (Saint Philip Neri, +1595)

Be a lamp in brightness, and make the works of darkness cease, so that whenever your doctrine shines, no one may dare to heed...

Father!—To God Himself we cannot give a holier name. (William Wordsworth, +1850)

Our thoughts ought by instinct to fly upwards from animals, men and natural objects to their creator. If created things are so utterly lovely,...

There is not really any courage at all in attacking hoary or antiquated things, any more than in offering to fight one’s grandmother. The...