God wants us to pray, and he wants to hear our prayers-not because we are worthy, but because he is merciful.

Faith cannot be inherited or gained by being baptized into a Church. Faith is a matter between the individual and God.

Astrology is framed by the devil, to the end people may be scared from entering into the state of matrimony, and from every divine and human office and calling.

I have to hurry all day to get time to pray.

Let a man be endowed with ten virtues and have but one fault and the one fault will eclipse and darken all the virtues.

If there is anything in us, it is not our own; it is a gift of God. But if it is a gift of God, then it is entirely a debt one owes to love, that is, to the law of Christ. And if it is a debt owed to love, then I must serve others with it, not myself.

The Devil, it is true, is not exactly a doctor who has taken degrees, but he is very learned, very expert for all that. He has not been carrying on his business during thousands of years for nothing.