The most damnable and pernicious heresy that has ever plagued the mind of man was the idea that somehow he could make himself good enough to deserve to live with an all-holy God.

You may as well quit reading and hearing the Word of God, and give it to the devil, if you do not desire to live according to it.

The veneration of Mary is inscribed in the very depths of the human heart

The Law is for the proud and the Gospel for the brokenhearted.

The certain mark by which a Christian community can be recognized is the preaching of the gospel in its purity.

When questioned whether the Blessed will not be saddened by seeing their nearest and dearest tortured answers, "Not in the least."

Faith, like light, should always be simple and unbending; while love, like warmth, should beam forth on every side, and bend to every necessity of our brethren.