Michel Quoist
The body of man is a limitation. Only the spirit opens onto the infinite.Collection: Men
The theological virtue of charity is the mysterious power, communicated by grace, to love as God loves.Collection: Grace
If we knew how to listen to God, we would hear him speaking to us. For God does speak. He speaks in his Gospels. He also speaks through life — that new gospel to which we ourselves add a page each day.Collection: Spiritual
Someone who loves a neighbor allows him to be as he is, as he was, and as he will be.Collection: Neighbor
We must welcome the night. It's the only time that the stars shine.Collection: Stars
Unless you make a daily effort to see the world as God sees it, you will never get beyond mere appearances.Collection: Effort
All too often modern man becomes the plaything of his circumstances because he no longer has any leisure time; he doesn't know how to provide himself with the leisure he needs to stop to take a good look at himself.Collection: Men
We tend to think of prayer, in spite of ourselves, in terms of profit and loss.Collection: Prayer