Faith is a dark night for man, but in this very way it gives him light.

The road is narrow. He who wishes to travel it more easily must cast off all things and use the cross as his cane. In other words, he must be truly resolved to suffer willingly for the love of God in all things.

Let my soul live as if separated from my body.

If you lose an opportunity you will be like one who lets the bird fly away; you will never get it back.

If it were given to a man to see virtue's reward in the next world, he would occupy his intellect, memory and will in nothing but good works, careless of danger or fatigue.

Whoever does not seek the cross of Christ doesn't seek the glory of Christ.

Obedience is a penance of reason, and, on that account, a sacrifice more acceptable than all corporal penances and mortifications.