Truth always ends by victory; it is not unassailable, but invincible.

To conquer himself is the greatest victory that man can gain.

One must wage war against his predominant passion and not retreat until, with God's help, he has been victorious.

The principal end both of my father and of myself in the conquest of India... has been the propagation of the holy Catholic faith.

To have prevented one single sin is reward enough for the labors and efforts of a whole lifetime.

Finding God in All Things.

Occupy yourself in beholding and bewailing your own imperfections rather than contemplating the imperfections of others.