"In our days, the worst poison is indifference, which finds victims not only among the people, but even among the religious."
- St. Maximillian Kolbe
"Never in my life have I met anyone who loved the Madonna more than Fr. Maximilian. He was a true son of Mary, most holy."
- Fr. Ignudi, speaking of his friend, St. Maximillian Kolbe
"1. I must be a saint and a great saint."
- Rule #1 of 10 rules for life written and regularly recited by St. Maximillian Kolbe.
"To live without faith, without a patrimony to defend, without a steady struggle for truth, that is not living but existing."
- Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati
"…daily I expect to be murdered or betrayed or reduced to slavery if the occasion arises. But I fear nothing, because of the promises of Heaven…"
- St. Patrick
"[Pray that we] may be filled with a keen sense of sorrow and with fiery tongues for confessing the faith so our deserved reward may be to stand in the blazing splendor of the saints and to look upon the triune God."
- St. Anthony of Padua
Don't flutter about like a hen, when you can soar to the heights of an eagle."
- St. Josemaria Escriva