If we were faultless, we should not be so much annoyed by the defects of those with whom we associate. If we were to acknowledge honestly that we have not virtue enough to bear patiently with our neighbor's weaknesses, we should show our own imperfection, and this alarms our vanity.

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.

God bears with imperfect beings even when they resist His goodness. We ought to imitate this merciful patience and endurance. It is only imperfection that complains of what is imperfect. The more perfect we are, the more gentle and quiet we become toward the defects of other people.

Make this simple rule the guide of your life: to have no will but God's.

How does our will become sanctified? By conforming itself unreservedly to that of God.

That love of self, which the world advocates, is a thousand times more dangerous than any poison.

To be faithful in prayer it is indispensable that we arrange all the activities of the day with a regularity that nothing can disturb