In order to attract us, the Lord grants us many graces that we believe can easily obtain Heaven for us. We do not know, however, that in order to grow, we need hard bread: the cross, humiliation, trials and denials.

Time spent in honor of God for the salvation of souls is never badly spent.

Peace is the simplicity of heart, serenity of mind, tranquility of soul, the bond of love.

The life of a Christian is nothing but a perpetual struggle against self; there is no flowering of the soul to the beauty of its perfection except at the price of pain.

It would be easier for the world to survive without the sun than to do so without the Holy Mass.

It is true that God's power triumphs over everything, but humble and suffering prayer prevails over God Himself.

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.