Do not put faith in constant happiness, and fear most when all smiles upon you.

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

The glory of God is humankind fully alive.

As for joy, as little as one can have of it in this life, experience shows that it is not the idle who possess it, but those who are zealous in the service of God.

Just as the commander of an army pitches his camp, studies the strength and defenses of a fortress, and then attacks it on its weakest side, in like manner, the enemy of our human nature studies from all sides our theological, cardinal, and moral virtues. Wherever he finds us weakest and most in need regarding our eternal salvation, he attacks and tries to take us by storm.

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

May it please Christ our Lord to grant us true humility and abnegation of will and judgment, so that we may deserve to begin to be His disciples.