First let a little love find entrance into their hearts, and the rest will follow.

The cross is the gift God gives to his friends.

Not to know how to deny our soul its own wishes, is to foment a very hot-bed of vices.

He who wishes for anything but Christ, does not know what he wishes; he who asks for anything but Christ, does not know what he is asking; he who works, and not for Christ, does not know what he is doing.

A joyful heart is more easily made perfect than a downcast one.

To be without pity for other mens falls, is an evident sign that we shall fall ourselves shortly.

"If a man finds it very hard to forgive injuries, let him look at a Crucifix, and think that Christ shed all His Blood for him, and not only forgave His enemies, but even prayed His Heavenly Father to forgive them also. Let him remember that when he says the Pater Noster, every day, instead of asking pardon for his sins, he is calling down vengeance on himself."