He who suffers in patience, surfers less and saves his soul. He who suffers impatiently, suffers more and loses his soul.

You will gain more by receiving scorn peacefully than if you fasted for a week on bread and water. It is good to humble ourselves; but it is much more worthwhile to accept the humiliations that come to us from others.

The sovereigns of the earth do not always grant audience readily; on the contrary, the King of Heaven, hidden under the eucharistic veils, is ready to receive anyone.

How, then, shall God give himself entirely to that one who, besides his God, loves creatures still?

True charity consists in doing good to those who do us evil, and in thus winning them over.

St. Francis Borgia says that he who desires to consecrate himself to God must, in the first place, trample under his feet all regard for what others will say of him. O my God, why do we not ask what Jesus Christ or his holy mother will think of our conduct?

The heart of man is, so to speak, the paradise of God.