Only wonder understands anything.
—Saint Gregory of Nyssa

In order that your prayer may be real, you must deal with the arduousness of work. . . . Your prayer becomes whole when it is of a piece with your labor.
—Rule of Taizé

Endurance . . . is peace in time of war, calm in rough waters, safety amidst treachery and danger. It makes those who practice it stronger than steel.
—Nilus of Ancyra (d. c. 430)

I am not dying, I am beginning to live.
—Saint Thérèse of Lisieux (1873-97), at her death

Resurrection does not simply spell the survival of the soul but requires the transformation of the world as we know it.
—Elisabeth Schüssler-Fiorenza

The question of death is really a question about life.
—Pope Francis

Sometimes it takes only one act of kindness and caring to change a person's life.
—Jackie Chan

Let us go and wake up the universe and sing God’s praises.
—Blessed Mariam Baouardy

God creates out of nothing. . . . but he does what is still more wonderful: He makes saints out of sinners.
—Søren Kierkegaard, Journals

Charity even for one person does not make sense except in terms of an effort to love all Creation in response to the Creator’s love for it.
—Wendell Berry, The Art of the Commonplace

Never forget that justice is what love looks like in public.
—Cornel West

Justice cannot be for one side alone, but must be for both.
—Eleanor Roosevelt

The existence of the Bible, as a book for the people, is the greatest benefit which the human race has ever experienced.
—Immanuel Kant 

All saints began their conversion by prayer, and through prayer they persevered.
—Saint John Vianney

If the only prayer you said was thank you, that would be enough.
—Meister Eckhart

While the world changes, the cross stands firm.
—Saint Bruno

I used to believe in God. Now I believe in God alone.
—Gustave Thibon

Trust the past to the mercy of God, the present to God’s love, and the future to God’s providence.
—Saint Augustine

Even if you think you are faithful, you have not yet attained the perfection of faith. You must also say: ‘Lord, increase our faith.’ For you have hardly anything of your own, but must receive much from him.
—Cyril of Jerusalem

Faith is the art of holding on to things in spite of your changing moods and circumstances.
—C. S. Lewis

I am determined not to place limits to trust and to extend it to all things . . . . You will be my strength, O my God, you will be my guide, my director, my counsel, my patience, my knowledge, my peace, my justice, and my prudence.
—Claude la Colombière

Don't forget the poor.
—Brazilian Cardinal Claudio Hummes, to then newly elected Pope Francis

Every person who has more than is indispensable for material and spiritual well-being is a millionaire, and thus a debtor of those who have nothing.
—Léon Bloy

Working for a just distribution of the fruits of the Earth and human labor is not mere philanthropy. It is a moral obligation.
—Pope Francis

The bread that you have stored up belongs to the hungry; the cloak that lies in your chest belongs to the naked; the gold that you have hidden in the ground belongs to the poor.
—Saint Basil the Great

Find out how much God has given you and from it take what you need; the remainder is needed by others.
—Saint Augustine

The first thing is to be honest with yourself. You can never have an impact on society if you have not changed yourself.
—Nelson Mandela

Mercy is the stuff you give to people that don’t deserve it.
—Joyce Meyer

Forgiveness always comes at a cost to the one granting the forgiveness.
—Timothy Keller, The Prodigal God

When we pray, we speak to God; but when we read, God speaks to us.
—Saint Jerome

No mother could snatch her child from a burning building more swiftly than God is constrained to succor a penitent soul.
—Blessed Henry of Suso