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

As long as the vice of gluttony has a hold on a man, all that he has done valiantly is forfeited by him: and as long as the belly is unrestrained, all virtue comes to naught.

The greatness of contemplation can be given to none but those who love.

Because He moves against faults, God is said to be angered, although He is moved by no disturbance of equanimity.

The Holy Bible is like a mirror before our mind's eye. In it we see our inner face. From the Scriptures we can learn our spiritual deformities and beauties. And there too we discover the progress we are making and how far we are from perfection.

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

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