Wherever...thou shalt be, pray secretly within thyself. If thou shalt be far from a house of prayer, give not thyself trouble to seek for one, for thou thyself art a sanctuary designed for prayer. If thou shalt be in bed, or in any other place, pray there; thy temple is there.

The true measure of loving God is to love him without measure.

Pride only, the chief of all iniquities, can make us treat gifts as if they were rightful attributes of our nature, and, while receiving benefits, rob our Benefactor of His due glory.

Action and contemplation are very close companions; they live together in one house on equal terms. Martha and Mary are sisters.

Prayer is a wine which makes glad the heart of man

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

Death is the gate of life.