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

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

The safest and most suitable form of penance seems to be that which causes pain in the flesh but does not penetrate to the bones, that is, which causes suffering but not sickness.

It is proper to ask for sorrow with Christ in sorrow, anguish with Christ in anguish, tears and deep grief because of the great affliction Christ endures for me.

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

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

Finding God in All Things.