Do you know who the upright of heart are? They are those who wish what God wishes. Therefore, do not try to twist God's will to you own but correct your will to that of God. The will of God is a rule of conduct. By it you have the means of being converted and of correcting your evil ways.

I found thee not, O Lord, without, because I erred in seeking thee without that wert within.

He who has God has everything; he who has everything but God has nothing.

I will plant my feet on that step where my parents put me as a child, until self-evident truth comes to light.

Fortitude is the disposition of soul which enables us to despise all inconveniences and the loss of things not in our power.

To abstain from sin when one can no longer sin is to be forsaken by sin, not to forsake it.

The fruits of charity are joy, peace, and mercy; charity demands beneficence and fraternal correction; it is benevolence; it fosters reciprocity and remains disinterested and generous; it is friendship and communion: Love is itself the fulfillment of all our works. There is the goal; that is why we run: we run toward it, and once we reach it, in it we shall find rest.