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

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

The history of the world suggests that without love of God there is little likelihood of a love for man that does not become corrupt.

Nothing is so costly as the pursuit of a cure for imaginary ills.

So long as we are full of self we are shocked at the faults of others. Let us think often of our own sin, and we shall be lenient to the sins of others.

A general rule for the good use of time is to accustom oneself to live in a continual dependence on the Spirit of God.

Before putting yourself in peril, it is necessary to foresee and fear it; but when one is there, nothing remains but to despise it.