Do all you can to preach the gospel and if necessary use words!

You should never praise anyone until you see how he turns out in the end!

Dear God, please reveal to us your sublime beauty, that is everywhere, everywhere, everywhere, so that we will never again feel frightened.

Hold back nothing of yourselves for yourselves so that He who gives Himself totally to you may receive you totally.

I therefore command all my Brothers, those living now and those to come in the future, to venerate the Holy Mother of God, whom we always implore to be our Protectress, to praise her at all times, in all circumstances of life, with all the means in their power and with the greatest devotion and submission.

St. Francis of Assisi was hoeing his garden when someone asked what he would do if he were suddenly to learn that he would die before sunset that very day. "I would finish hoeing my garden," he replied.

Spiritual joy arises from purity of the heart and perseverance in prayer.