We must often remember what Christ said, that not he who begins, but he that perseveres to the end, shall be saved.
Not to know how to deny our soul its own wishes, is to foment a very hot-bed of vices.
Even though a man may be unable to attain such a height of sanctity, he ought to desire it, so as to do at least in desire what he cannot carry out in effect.
The cross is the gift God gives to his friends.
A joyful heart is more easily made perfect than a downcast one.
There is nothing the devil fears so much, or so much tries to hinder, as prayer.