Dearest Lord, teach me to be generous; teach me to serve you as you deserve; to give and not to count the cost.

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

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.

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

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

God gives each one of us sufficient grace ever to know His holy will, and to do it fully.

Truth always ends by victory; it is not unassailable, but invincible.