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

And here we must narrowly watch ourselves, seeing that banquets can scarcely be celebrated blamelessly, for almost always luxury accompanies feasting; and when the body is swallowed up in the delight of refreshing itself, the heart relaxes to empty joys.

The holy universal Church teaches that it is not possible to worship God truly except in Her and asserts that all who are outside of Her will not be saved.

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

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

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.

The human mind is prone to pride even when not supported by power; how much more, then, does it exalt itself when it has that support?