When we have to reply to anyone who has insulted us, we should be careful to do it always with gentleness. A soft answer extinguishes the fire of wrath.

God is displeased at the diffidence of souls who love Him sincerely and whom He Himself loves.

The more a person loves God, the more reason he has to hope in Him. This hope produces in the Saints an unutterable peace, which they preserve even in adversity, because as they love God, and know how beautiful He is to those who love Him, they place all their confidence and find all their repose in Him alone.

What is it that renders death terrible? Sin. We must therefore fear sin, not death.

Were you to ask what are the means of overcoming temptations, I would answer: The first means is prayer; the second is prayer; the third is prayer; and you should you ask me a thousand times, I would repeat the same.

Those who say the Rosary daily and wear the Brown Scapular and who do a little more, will go straight to Heaven.

He who wishes to find Jesus should seek Him, not in the delights and pleasures of the world, but in mortification of the senses.