The only true riches are those that make us rich in virtue. Therefore, if you want to be rich, beloved, love true riches. If you aspire to the heights of real honor, strive to reach the kingdom of Heaven. If you value rank and renown, hasten to be enrolled in the heavenly court of the Angels.

To do penance is to bewail the evil we have done, and to do no evil to bewail.

You cannot acquire the gift of peace if by your anger you destroy the peace of the Lord.

What do they not see, who see Him Who sees all things?

We must observe also, that among the heathen the names of poor men are more likely to be known than of rich. Now our Lord mentions the name of the poor, but not the name of the rich, because God knows and approves the humble, but not the proud.

Because God that is immutable changes what He willed, He is said to repent, although what changes is a thing and not His counsel.

Whoever wishes to hold the fortress of contemplation must first of all train in the camp of action.