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.

In love the paradox occurs that two beings become one and yet remain two.

Nothing can bring a real sense of security into the home except true love.

Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.

There is no friendship, no love, like that of the parent for the child.

We can only learn to love by loving.

Love can sometimes be magic. But magic can sometimes... just be an illusion.

To love abundantly is to live abundantly, and to love forever is to live forever.

Fortune and love favor the brave.

What we have once enjoyed we can never lose. All that we love deeply becomes a part of us.