No human power can force the intrenchments of the human mind: compulsion never persuades; it only makes hypocrites.

To pray is to desire; but it is to desire what God would have us desire.

Above all, live in the present moment and God will give you all the grace you need.

The great point is to renounce your own wisdom by simplicity of walk, and to be ready to give up the favor, esteem, and approbation of every one, whenever the path in which God leads you passes that way.

Genuine good taste consists in saying much in few words, in choosing among our thoughts, in having order and arrangement in what we say, and in speaking with composure.

There are some people who think that they should be always mourning, that they should put a continual constraint upon themselves, and feel a disgust for those amusements to which they are obliged to submit. For my own part, I confess that I know not how to conform myself to these rigid notions. I prefer something more simple, which I also think would be more pleasing to God.

All wars are civil wars, because all men are brothers.