A pretext is never lacking to him who would break with a friend.

Grace is necessary to salvation, free will equally so - but grace in order to give salvation, free will in order to receive it.

Many appear full of mildness and sweetness as long as everything goes their own way; but the moment any contradiction or adversity arises, they are in a flame, and begin to rage like a burning mountain. Such people as these are like red-hot coals hidden under ashes. This is not the mildness which Our Lord undertook to teach us in order to make us like unto Himself.

When God forgives a sinner who humbly confesses his sin, the devil loses his dominion over the heart he had taken.

Prayer is a virtue that prevaileth against all temptations.

Learn first to love yourself, and then you can love me.

The piercing nail has become a key to unlock the door, that I may see the good will of the Lord. And what can I see as I look through the hole? Both the nail and the wound cry out that God was in Christ reconciling the world to himself... Through these sacred wounds we can see the secret of his heart, the great mystery of love.