The cross is the gift God gives to his friends.
It is easy to infuse a most fervent devotion into others, even in a short time; but the great matter is - to persevere.
Where there is no great mortification there is no great sanctity.
Let us be humble and keep ourselves down: - Obedience! Humility! Detachment!
As soon as we are stripped of the sordid garb of avarice, we shall be clothed with the royal and imperial vest of the opposite virtue, liberality.
Without mortification nothing can be done.