The passion of acquiring riches in order to support a vain expense corrupts the purest souls.

It is better to die than to tell a lie

Time spent in prayer is never wasted.

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.

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

Of all the duties enjoined by Christianity none is more essential and yet more neglected than prayer.

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.