If the intention is unclean, the deed that follows from it will also be evil, even if it seems good.

If we are, in fact, now occupied in good deeds, we should not attribute the strength with which we are doing them to ourselves. We must not count on ourselves, because even if we know what kind of person we are today, we do not know what we will be tomorrow.

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.

There are in truth three states of the converted: the beginning, the middle, and the perfection. In the beginning they experience the charms of sweetness; in the middle the contests of temptation; and in the end the fullness of perfection.

Whatsoever one would understand what he hears must hasten to put into practice what he has heard.

The universe is not rich enough to buy the vote of an honest man.

If the work of God could be comprehended by reason, it would no longer be wonderful, and faith would have no merit if reason provided proof.