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!

It is always springtime in the heart that loves God.

The Devil writes down our sins - our Guardian Angel all our merits. Labor that the Guardian Angel's book may be full, and the Devil's empty.

Only after the Last Judgment will Mary get any rest; from now until then, she is much too busy with her children.

Humility is like a pair of scales: the lower one side falls, the higher rises the other. Let us humble ourselves like the Blessed Virgin and we shall be exalted.

You either belong wholly to the world or wholly to God.

The saints had no hatred, no bitterness; they forgive everything and think they deserve much more for their offenses against God.