如果對名譽和錢財不自私自利，人與人之間會有何等的友誼！我認為這會解決所有的問題。 ([聖女大德蘭自傳]- 二十章二十七段)
What friendship there would be among all if there were no self-interest about honor and money! I think this absence of self-interest would solve all problems. ("The Book of Her Life"- Chapter 20:27)