He who always acts under obedience may be assured that he will not have to give an account of his actions to God.

At communion we ought to ask for the remedy of the vice to which we feel ourselves most inclined.

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.

Christian joy is a gift of God flowing from a good conscience.

He who always acts under obedience may be assured that he will not have to give an account of his actions to God.

In sickness we ought to ask God to give us patience, because it often happens, that when a man gets well, he not only does not do the good he proposed to do when he was sick, but he multiplies his sins and his ingratitude.

Give me ten truly detached men. and I will convert the world with them.