"[About Edith Stein] I see her groping, wonder-filled prayer, which in the beginning resembles a conversation she is c…"

"[About Mozart] In relation to God he is like a child who brings everything to his father: the stones from the street …"

"The snow fell solemnly, enlarging the silence; it came straight down from heaven, bringing an inexplicable mystery. N…"

"As I climbed the steps that went alongside a sort of lumberyard, a man was coming down the steps toward me. He was sh…"

"… one morning, when it was barely light, I woke up because of a golden light that filled the whole wall above my bed,…"

"To me, it was not at all disagreeable to be treated as a precious, unique being, because I belonged to God."

"When we make our own calculations, we need so many numbers and factors that any mistake is possible. The Lord's calcu…"

"Ultimate audacity: to want to love a person—to say nothing of one's neighbor!—as God loves him."

"The first step in learning to love others is the attempt to understand them."

"[About Francis of Assisi] I saw St. Francis at first in his old age, at prayer and sickly, of an indescribable cheerf…"