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

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.