O most sacred, most loving heart of Jesus, thou art concealed in the Holy Eucharist, and thou beatest for us still.... Thou art the heart of the Most High made man.... Thy Sacred Heart is the instrument and organ of Thy love. It did beat for us. It yearned for us. It ached for our salvation. It was on fire through zeal, that the glory of God might be manifested in and by us.... In worshipping thee I worship my incarnate God, my Emmanuel

If we insist on being as sure as is conceivable... we must be content to creep along the ground, and never soar.

To discover and to teach are distinct functions; they are also distinct gifts, and are not commonly found united in the same person.

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.

When you feel in need of a compliment, give one to someone else.

This is what the Church is said to want, not party men, but sensible, temperate, sober, well-judging persons, to guide it through the channel of no-meaning, between the Scylla and Charybdis of Aye and no.

Great things are done by devotion to one idea.