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

All the things in this world are gifts of God, created for us, to be the means by which we can come to know him better, love him more surely, and serve him more faithfully.

He who is devout to the Virgin Mother will certainly never be lost.

The more completely we focus our attention on our Creator and Lord, the less chance there is of our being distracted by creatures.

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.

God inclines to shower His graces upon us, but our perverted will is a barrier to His generosity.

We should not have a petty regard for God's gifts, though we may and should despise our own imperfections.