When the heart is pure and simple it cannot help loving, because it has discovered the source of love which is God.

The man of impure speech is a person whose lips are but an opening and a supply pipe which hell uses to vomit its impurities upon the earth.

The first thing about the angels that we ought to imitate, is their consciousness of the Presence of God.

We ought to run after crosses as the miser runs after money. . . Nothing but crosses will reassure us at the Day of Judgment When that day shall come, we shall be happy in our misfortunes, proud of our humiliations, and rich in our sacrifices!

The pure soul is a beautiful rose, and the Three Divine Persons descend from Heaven to inhale its fragrance.

We ought to ask the Blessed Virgin, the angels, and the saints to pray for us that we may receive the good God as worthily as it is possible for us to receive him.

God commands you to pray, but forbids you to worry.