"Man's vocation to love, which is fundamental and innate, even primary."

"God forbids us the illusion of autonomy; we are not self-sufficient."

"The Word of God is the light for journeying, a lamp for living."

"Every man's fundamental questions, his most basic values, remain the same from place to place."

"The task of the biographer is to breathe life into the past, to make it relevant and human."