The will is a beast of burden. If God mounts it, it wishes and goes as God wills; if Satan mounts it, it wishes and goes as Satan wills; Nor can it choose its rider... the riders contend for its possession.

Whoever does not know God hidden in suffering does not know God at all.

I have so much to do today that I must set apart more time than usual to pray.

Sacred scripture tells us that Joshua commanded the sun to stand still, and not the earth.

If you young fellows were wise, the devil couldn't do anything to you, but since you aren't wise, you need us who are old.

No man understands the Scriptures, unless he be acquainted with the Cross.

For God does not want to save us by our own but by an extraneous righteousness, one that does not originate in ourselves but comes to us from beyond ourselves, which does not arise on earth but comes from heaven.