I tell you that victory consists in conquering self. That is the greatest enemy.

If you correspond to the designs of God, He will make a saint of you.

In uniting yourself to God's will, you take on new life and gather great courage, willingly embracing the cross and kissing His hand even when it chastises you, a hand that reaches out to you in love and has no other intention but your greater spiritual well-being.

Listen to the sermon preached to you by the flowers, the trees, the shrubs, the sky, and the whole world. Notice how they preach to you a sermon full of love, of praise of God, and how they invite you to glorify the sublimity of that sovereign Artist who has given them being.

Avoid failing, not only against purity, but even against the least rules of an exact modesty.

I tell you that victory consists in conquering self. That is the greatest enemy.

Make a bouquet of the sufferings of Jesus and carry it in the bosom of his soul.