Those who have themselves for a spiritual director have a fool for a spiritual director.

He who wishes for goods will never have devotion.

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

Believe me, there is no more powerful means to obtain God's grace than to employ the intercessions of the Holy Virgin.

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.

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

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