Christ is no Moses, no exactor, no giver of laws, but a giver of grace, a Savior; he is infinite mercy and goodness, freely and bountifully given to us.

God can be found only in suffering and the cross.

Exhort your household to learn [the Ten Commandments] word for word, that they should obey God…For if you teach and urge your families things will go forward.

You should not believe your conscience and your feelings more than the word which the Lord who receives sinners preaches to you.

All of a Christian's life is one of repentance.

But know that to serve God is nothing else than to serve your neighbor and do good to him in love, be it a child, wife, servant, enemy, friend....If you do not find yourself among the needy and the poor, where the Gospel shows us Christ, then you may know that your faith is not right, and that you have not yet tasted of Christ's benevolence and work for you.

I have held many things in my hands, and I have lost them all; but whatever I have placed in God's hands, that I still possess.