Let us work as if success depended upon ourselves alone, but with heartfelt conviction that we are doing nothing, and God everything.

A religious ought to dread more being afraid of poverty than experiencing it.

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.

Whatever you are doing, that which makes you feel the most alive...that is where God is.

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

God freely created us so that we might know, love, and serve him in this life and be happy with him forever. God's purpose in creating us is to draw forth from us a response of love and service here on earth, so that we may attain our goal of everlasting happiness with him in heaven.

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.