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

He who wishes for anything but Christ, does not know what he wishes; he who asks for anything but Christ, does not know what he is asking; he who works, and not for Christ, does not know what he is doing.

To acquire and preserve the virtue of chastity, we have need of a good and experienced confessor.

It is an old custom of the servants of God to have some little prayer ready and to be frequently darting them up to heaven during the day, lifting their minds to God out of the mire of this world.

We are not saints yet, but we, too, should beware. Uprightness and virtue do have their rewards, in self-respect and in respect from others, and it is easy to find ourselves aiming for the result rather than the cause. Let us aim for joy, rather than respectability. Let us make fools of ourselves from time to time, and thus see ourselves, for a moment, as the all-wise God sees us.

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

If we wish to keep peace with our neighbours, we should never remind any one of his natural defects.