The Bible is a stream of running water, where alike the elephant may swim, and the lamb walk without losing its feet.

You don't climb a mountain in leaps and bounds, but by taking it slowly.

He who is required by the necessity of his position to speak the highest things is compelled by the same necessity to exemplify the highest things.

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.

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.

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

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