“There is no possible source of evil except good.”

Put no faith in salvation through the political order.

It was pride that changed angels into devils; it is humility that makes men as angels.

It is no advantage to be near the light if the eyes are closed.

The greatest kindness one can render to any man is leading him to truth.

Some people, in order to discover God, read books.

Forgiveness is the remission of sins.

Hope has two beautiful daughters; their names are Anger and Courage. Anger at the way things are, and Courage to see that they do not remain as they are.

The measure of love is to love without measure.

Through the troubles of our earthly pilgrimage we find God.

Bad times, hard times, this is what people keep saying; but let us live well, and times shall be good. We are the times: Such as we are, such are the times.

Symbols are powerful because they are the visible signs of invisible realities.

Sin is believing the lie that you are self-created, self-dependent and self-sustained.

To fall in love with God is the greatest romance; to seek him the greatest adventure; to find him, the greatest human achievement.

The purpose of all wars, is peace.

When God is our strength, it is strength indeed; when our strength is our own, it is only weakness.

The soul, which is spirit, can not dwell in dust; it is carried along to dwell in the blood.

Whoever lives among many evils just as I, how can dying not be a source of gain?

Laziness is the mother of all evils.

Many evil men are rich, and good men poor, but we shall not exchange with them our excellence for riches.

Ignorance is a tough evil to conquer.

If you try to cure evil with evil you will add more pain to your fate.

I did not feel ‘evil’ when I wrote advertisements for Puerto Rico. They helped attract industry and tourists to a country which had been living on the edge of starvation for 400 years.

It is immoral to see evil and not act on it.

Tolerance becomes a crime when applied to evil.