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

There is nothing the devil fears so much, or so much tries to hinder, as prayer.

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

There is nothing more dangerous in the spiritual life, than to wish to rule ourselves after our own way of thinking.

The best remedy for dryness of spirit, is to picture ourselves as beggars in the presence of God and the Saints, and like a beggar, to go first to one saint, then to another, to ask a spiritual alms of them with the same earnestness as a poor fellow in the streets would ask an alms of us.

It is easy to infuse a most fervent devotion into others, even in a short time; but the great matter is - to persevere.

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