What was remarkable about Jesus — and Jesus was the living reflection of God — was that He could pass over the shabby, crude exterior in people's lives and see, deep within, their potential for goodness. Reflecting back to them the goodness He saw in them changed their own image of themselves and inspired them to holiness — not all at once, perhaps, but as the grace of God nurtured them.
— Joseph F. Girzone, My Struggle With Faith