If one fears men much he will never do anything great for God: all that one does for God arouses persecution.

It is one thing to be eloquent and charming in profane speech, and another when the one speaking as a religious.

Stand firm and immovable as an anvil when it is beaten upon.

We must speak to God as a friend speaks to his friend, servant to his master; now asking some favor, now acknowledging our faults, and communicating to Him all that concerns us, our thoughts, our fears, our projects, our desires, and in all things seeking His counsel.

He who has heard the Word of God can bear his silences.

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

Sin is unwillingness to trust that what God wants for me is only my deepest happiness.