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

Let me look at the foulness and ugliness of my body. Let me see myself as an ulcerous sore running with every horrible and disgusting poison.

We must put aside all judgment of our own, and keep the mind ever ready and prompt to obey in all things the true Spouse of Christ our Lord, our holy Mother, the hierarchical Church.

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

God will not be outdone in generosity.

So with that will prompt and prepared to serve all those whom I perceive to be servants of my Lord, I will speak of three things with simplicity and love as if I were speaking to my own soul.

The servant of God earns half a doctorate through illness