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

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

He who desires anything but God deceives himself, and he who loves anything but God errs miserably.

He who wishes for goods will never have devotion.

Let us be humble and keep ourselves down: - Obedience! Humility! Detachment!

He who feels that the vice of avarice has got hold of him, should not wish to observe fasts of supererogation, but to give alms.

Let the sick man enter into the Side of Jesus and His most holy Wounds; let him not be afraid, but combat manfully, and he will come forth victorious.