The servant of God earns half a doctorate through illness
They who load us with insults and ignominies give us the means of acquiring treasures more precious than any that man can gain in this life.
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.
Idleness is hells fishhook for catching souls.
SPIRITUAL EXERCISES whereby to conquer oneself, and order one's life, without being influenced in one's decision by any inordinate affection.