It is great wisdom to know how to be silent and to look at neither the remarks, nor the deeds, nor the lives of others.

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

All the powers of soul and body,memory, understanding, and will, interior and exterior senses, thedesires of spirit and of sense, all workin and by love.

Where there is no love, pour love in, and you will draw love out.

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.

If you do not learn to deny yourself, you can make no progress in perfection.

Strive always to confess your sins with a deep knowledge of your own wretchedness and with clarity and purity.