It is love that asks, that seeks, that knocks, that finds, and that is faithful to what it finds.

Lord, who art always the same, give that I know myself, give that I know Thee.

Indifferent acts are judged by their ends sins are judged by themselves.

The cost of obedience is small compared with the cost of disobedience.

Do you desire security? Here you have it. The Lord says to you, "I will never abandon you, I will always be with you." If a good man made you such a promise, you would trust him. God makes it, and do you doubt? Do you seek a support more sure than the word of God, which is infallible? Surely, He has made the promise, He has written it, He has pledged His word for it, it is most certain.

Men are always ready to nose around and find out about other's lives, but they feel lazy to know themselves and correct their own life.

As to those other things which we hold on the authority, not of Scripture, but of tradition, and which are observed throughout the whole world, it may be understood that they are held as approved and instituted either by the apostles themselves, or by plenary Councils, whose authority in the Church is most useful, e.g. the annual commemoration, by special solemnities, of the Lord's passion, resurrection, and ascension, and of the descent of the Holy Spirit from heaven, and whatever else is in like manner observed by the whole Church wherever it has been established.