There is a grace of kind listening, as well as a grace of kind speaking.

It has always seemed to me that a love of natural objects, and the depth, as well as exuberance and refinement of mind, produced by an intelligent delight in scenery, are elements of the first importance in the education of the young.

The music of the Gospel leads us home.

Each hour comes with some little faggot of God's will fastened upon its back.

The great fact is, that life is a service. The only question is, "Whom will we serve?

Holiness is an unselfing of ourselves.

He draws us to Himself by grace, by example, by power, by lovingness, by beauty, by pardon, and above all by the Blessed Sacrament. Every one who has had anything to do with ministering to souls has seen the power which Jesus has. Talent is not needed. Eloquence is comparatively unattractive. Learning is often beside the mark. Controversy simply repels... All the attraction of the Church is in Jesus, and His chief attraction is the Blessed Sacrament