It is often our own imperfection which makes us reprove the imperfection of others; a sharp-sighted self-love of others

The greatest of all crosses is self. If we die in part every day, we shall have but little to do on the last. These little daily deaths will destroy the power of the final dying.

Faith is letting down our nets into the transparent deeps at the Divine command, not knowing what we shall draw.

The wind of God is always blowing... but you must hoist your sail.

The blood of a nation ought never to be shed except for its own preservation in the utmost extremity.

The gifts of God are not to be rejected on account of the channel that brings them.

When you come to be sensibly touched, the scales will fall from your eyes; and by the penetrating eyes of love you will discern that which your other eyes will never see.