Sister, never a precaution on the part of the priest, against his fellow-man. That which his fellow does, God permits. Let us confine ourselves to prayer, when we think that a danger is approaching us. Let us pray, not for ourselves, but that our brother may not fall into sin on our account.

Great perils have this fine characteristic, that they bring to light the fraternity of strangers.

The wretchedness of a child interests a mother, the wretchedness of a young man interests a young girl, the wretchedness of an old man interests no one. It is, of all distresses, the coldest.

He understood how to sit down and hold his peace for long hours beside the man who had lost the wife of his love

Is it not the best pity, when a man has a sore point, not to touch it at all?

Monsieur Mayor," said the bishop, "that is just it. I am not in the world to care for my life, but for souls.

It has always belonged to the truly great and strong to care for the weak and feeble.

I can think of no more stirring symbol of man's humanity to man than a fire engine.

True friends are always together in spirit.

Most times we're so focused on what we think we want that we can't appreciate how happy we already are. It's only when we forget about our problems and help others forget theirs that we realize how good we really have it.

Sometimes our strengths are also our weaknesses. Sometimes to be strong you have to first be weak. You have to share your burdens; you have to lean on other people while you face your problems and yourself.

There is no such thing as social justice. Only God can balance things out, and we are not God. But honest and decent men can fight for and establish equal justice. There is no such thing as collective salvation. We, however, are going to be judged on how we treat our fellow brothers and sisters. Thus we must serve them, help them with charity toward all. "Malice toward none," Lincoln said. God said it slightly differently — vengeance is mine.