Considering that the blessed life we so long for consists in an intimate and true love of God Our Creator and Lord, which binds and obliges us all to a sincere love.

Let me look at the foulness and ugliness of my body. Let me see myself as an ulcerous sore running with every horrible and disgusting poison.

To have prevented one single sin is reward enough for the labors and efforts of a whole lifetime.

Sin is unwillingness to trust that what God wants for me is only my deepest happiness.

Remember that the good angels do what they can to preserve men from sin and obtain God's honor. But they do not lose courage when men fail.

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

For those who believe, no proof is necessary. For those who disbelieve, no amount of proof is sufficient.