Our life of poverty is as necessary as the work itself. Only in heaven will we see how much we owe to the poor for helping us to love God better because of them.

There is no scarcity of opportunity to make a living at what you love there's only scarcity of resolve to make it happen.

What love we've given, we'll have forever. What love we fail to give, will be lost for all eternity.

Absence diminishes mediocre passions and increases great ones, as the wind extinguishes candles and fans fires.

There is no disguise which can hide love for long where it exists, or simulate it where it does not.

We love but once, for once only are we perfectly equipped for loving.

Love makes your soul crawl out from its hiding place.

Affection is responsible for nine-tenths of whatever solid and durable happiness there is in our lives.

Tell me who admires and loves you, and I will tell you who you are.

Life without love is like a tree without blossoms or fruit.