He who goes about to reform the world must begin with himself, or he loses his labor.

... we ought even to hold as a fixed principle that what I see white I believe to be black, if the superior authorities define it to be so.

Remember that bodily exercise, when it is well ordered, as I have said, is also prayer by means of which you can please God our Lord.

If anyone asks you for something that you believe would be injurious to him, refuse, but in such a manner as not to lose his good-will.

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

A religious ought to dread more being afraid of poverty than experiencing it.

Whatever you are doing, that which makes you feel the most alive...that is where God is.