You need a heart which is in love, not an easy life, to achieve happiness.

To begin is for everyone. To persevere is for saints.

The heroic minute.- It is the time fixed for getting up.- Without hesitation: a supernatural reflection and.-.-.- up! The heroic minute: here you have a mortification that strengthens your will and does no harm to your body.

If you say the Holy Rosary every day, with a spirit of faith and love, our Lady will make sure she leads you very far along her Son's path.

Temptation is necessary to make us realize that we are nothing in ourselves.

Christian optimism is not a sugary optimism, nor is it a mere human confidence that everything will turn out all right. It is an optimism that sinks its roots into an awareness of our freedom, and the sure knowledge of the power of grace. It is an optimism that leads us to make demands on ourselves, to struggle to respond at every moment to God's call.

When you decide firmly to lead a clean life, chastity will not be a burden on you: it will be a crown of triumph.