You must concentrate on pleasing God alone, and if He is pleased, you must be pleased.

By suffering we are able to give something to God. The gift of pain, of suffering is a big thing and cannot be accomplished in Paradise.

It is necessary to be strong, in order to become great: that is our duty. Life is a struggle, which we cannot avoid. We must triumph!

The more you are afflicted, the more you ought to rejoice, because in the fire of tribulation the soul will become pure gold, worthy to be placed and to shine in the heavenly palace.

We are the administrators of our money. We will have to give God an account of the use we make of it up to the last cent.

Your temptations are from the devil and from Hell; but your sufferings and afflictions are from God and Heaven.

I want to be only a poor friar who prays - if God sees blemishes even in the angels, can you imagine what He sees in me!