“Unless you are willing to do the ridiculous, God will not do the miraculous. When you have God, you don’t have to know everything about it; you just do it.”

“Where most men work for degrees after their names, we work for one before our names: 'St.' It's a much more difficult degree to attain. It takes a lifetime, and you don't get your diploma until you're dead.”

“Faith is one foot on the ground, one foot in the air, and a queasy feeling in the stomach.”

“When you have nothing left but God,you have more than enough to start over again.”

“In the silence of the heart God speaks. If you face God in prayer and silence, God will speak to you. Then you will know that you are nothing. It is only when you realize your nothingness, your emptiness, that God can fill you with Himself. Souls of prayer are souls of great silence.”

“When you don't have anything, then you have everything.”

“Joy is a sign of generosity. When you are full of joy, you move faster and you want to go about doing good to everyone.”