Spiritual infirmities such as tepidity are caused, not only by chills but also by fevers, that is, by excessive zeal.

Stand firm and immovable as an anvil when it is beaten upon.

Occupy yourself in beholding and bewailing your own imperfections rather than contemplating the imperfections of others.

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

If you attach your heart to certain places and occupations, obedience oftentimes places you in some other place that you may not like; to be always cheerful, be always humble and obedient.

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

What seems to me white, I will believe black if the hierarchical Church so defines.