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.

We can often do more for other men by trying to correct our own faults than by trying to correct theirs.

Prayer is so necessary, and the source of so many blessings, that he who has discovered the treasure cannot be prevented from having recourse to it, whenever he has an opportunity.

God never ceases to speak to us, but the noise of the world without and the tumult of our passions within bewilder us and prevent us from listening to him

A good historian is timeless; although he is a patriot, he will never flatter his country in any respect.

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

I believe that we are conforming to the divine order and the will of Providence when we are doing even indifferent things that belong to our condition.