The perfection of a Christian consists in mortifying his will for the love of Christ. Where there is no great mortification, there is no great sanctity.

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 us think, if we only got to heaven, what a sweet and easy thing it will be there to be always saying with the angels and the saints, Sanctus, Sanctus, Sanctus.

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

The greatness of our love of God must be tested by the desire we have of suffering for His love.

The best way to prepare for death is to spend every day of life as though it were the last.

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