The world says of marriage: A short joy and a long displeasure. But he who understands it finds in it delight, love, and joy without ceasing.

It is pleasing to the dear God whenever thou rejoicest or laughest from the bottom of thy heart.

Faith is permitting ourselves to be seized by the things that we do not see.

Heavy thoughts bring on physical maladies; when the soul is oppressed so is the body.

We are not to look upon our sins as insignificant trifles. On the other hand, we are not to regard them as so terrible that we must despair. Learn to believe that Christ was given, not for picayune and imaginary transgressions, but for mountainous sins; not for one or two, but for all; not for sins that can be discarded, but for sins that are stubbornly ingrained.

Our bodies are always exposed to Satan. The maladies I suffer are not natural, but Devil's spells.

Let every man recognize what he is, and be certain that we are all equally priests, that is, we have the same power in the word and in any sacrament whatever.