The
more the human person gives himself, the more he finds himself.
--Pope
Benedict XVI, Homily for the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the
Blessed Virgin Mary, 2005
Catholic quotations from the Church Doctors, Church Fathers and all the great Catholic minds.
Only in self-giving does man find himself, and only by opening himself to the other, to others, to children, to the family; only by letting himself be changed through suffering, does he discover the breadth of his humanity.