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

If God causes you to suffer much, it is a sign that He certainly intends to make you a saint.

SPIRITUAL EXERCISES whereby to conquer oneself, and order one's life, without being influenced in one's decision by any inordinate affection.

He who is not getting better is getting worse.

The acknowledgment of and gratitude for favors and gifts received is loved and esteemed in Heaven and on earth.

Love ought to show itself in deeds more than in words.

... 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.