John Bosco

"Be cheerful, do good, and let the sparrows chirp."

"If young people are educated properly, we have moral order; if not, vice and disorder prevail. Religion alone can initiate and achieve a true education."

"I'll wait for all my young people in heaven."

"Kindness of speech, in word, in advising conquers everything and all."

"Not with violence, but with words."

"Serve the Lord joyfully! [Servite Domino in laetitia!]"

"Those who pray take care of the most important of all."

"With the works of charity we closed the doors of hell and open ourselves to the sky."