... we ought even to hold as a fixed principle that what I see white I believe to be black, if the superior authorities define it to be so.

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.

One must wage war against his predominant passion and not retreat until, with God's help, he has been victorious.

Remember that bodily exercise, when it is well ordered, as I have said, is also prayer by means of which you can please God our Lord.

May the perfect grace and eternal love of Christ our Lord be our never-failing protection and help.

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

The glory of God is humankind fully alive.