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.

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

The servant of God earns half a doctorate through illness

We should not have a petty regard for God's gifts, though we may and should despise our own imperfections.

God inclines to shower His graces upon us, but our perverted will is a barrier to His generosity.

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.

Concerning the harsh treatment of the body for our Lord's sake, I would say, avoid anything that would cause the shedding even of a drop of blood.