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

We must not trust in ourselves, but take the advice of our spiritual father, and recommend ourselves to everybodys prayers.

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

Heaven is not made for the slothful.

Humility is the safeguard of chastity. In the matter of purity, there is no greater danger than not fearing the danger. For my part, when I find a man secure of himself and without fear, I give him up for lost. I am less alarmed for one who is tempted and who resists by avoiding the occasions, than for one who is not tempted and is not careful to avoid occasions. When a person puts himself in an occasion, saying, I shall not fall, it is an almost infallible sign that he will fall, and with great injury to his soul.

My children, if you desire perseverance, be devout to our Blessed Lady.

"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."