Conscience is the aboriginal Vicar of Christ.

I will trust Him. Whatever, wherever I am, I can never be thrown away. If I am in sickness, my sickness may serve Him; in perplexity, my perplexity may serve Him; if I am in sorrow, my sorrow may serve Him. My sickness, or perplexity, or sorrow may be necessary causes of some great end, which is quite beyond us. He does nothing in vain.

God has created me to do Him some definite service; He has committed some work to me which he has not committed to another, I have my mission ... He has not created me for naught ... If I am in sickness, my sickness may serve Him; If I am in sorrow, my sorrow may serve Him. He does nothing in vain. He knows what He is about.

I toast the Pope, but I toast conscience first.

The ears of the common people are holier than the hearts of the priests.

When men understand what each other mean, they see, for the most part, that controversy is either superfluous or hopeless

Health of body and mind is a great blessing, if we can bear it.