The pastor should always be pure in thought ... no impurity ought to pollute him who has undertaken the office of wiping away the stains in the hearts of others ... for the hand that would cleanse from dirt must be clean, lest, being itself sordid with clinging mire, it soil whatever it touches all the more.

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.

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

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.

We must observe also, that among the heathen the names of poor men are more likely to be known than of rich. Now our Lord mentions the name of the poor, but not the name of the rich, because God knows and approves the humble, but not the proud.

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