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

He who wishes for goods will never have devotion.

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.

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.

We must often remember what Christ said, that not he who begins, but he that perseveres to the end, shall be saved.

Obedience is the true holocaust which we sacrifice to God on the altar of our hearts.

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