All laws and philosophy merely tell us what should be done, but they do not provide the strength to do it.

There are two days in my calendar: This day and that Day.

Faith is a free surrenderand a joyous wager on the unseen, unknown, untested goodness of God.

It is impossible for one man both to labor day and night to get a living, and at the same time give himself to the study of sacred learning as the preaching office requires.

If anyone could have gained heaven as a monk, then I would indeed have been among them.

It seems to me that the most delightful walk of life is to be found in a household of moderate means, to live there with an obliging spouse and to be satisfied with little.

Father and Mother are apostles, bishops and priests to their children, for it is they who make them acquainted with the gospel.