All that we do without offering it to God is wasted.
The first thing about the angels that we ought to imitate, is their consciousness of the Presence of God.
You either belong wholly to the world or wholly to God.
God commands you to pray, but forbids you to worry.
If you invoke the Blessed Virgin when you are tempted, she will come at once to your help, and Satan will leave you.
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!