Obedience is the only virtue that plants the other virtues in the heart and preserves them after they have been planted.

Affliction strengthens the vigor of our soul, whereas happiness weakens it.

The people will have no need to change their place of concourse; where of old they were wont to sacrifice cattle to demons, thither let them continue to resort on the day of the Saint to whom the Church is dedicated, and slay their beasts, no longer as a sacrifice to demons, but for a social meal in honour of Him whom they now worship.

The more the wicked abound, so much the more must we suffer with them in patience; for on the threshing floor few are the grains carried into the barns, but high are the piles of chaff burned with fire.

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

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

The bliss of the elect in heaven would not be perfect unless they were able to look across the abyss and enjoy the agonies of their brethren in eternal fire.