There is a great deal of self-will in the world, but very little genuine independence of character.

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

He (God) never comes to those who do not wait.

We cannot resist the conviction that this world is for us only the porch of another and more magnificent temple of the Creator's majesty.

Kind words are the music of the world.

For right is right, since God is God.

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