For a sentence is not complete unless each word, once its syllables have been pronounced, gives way to make room for the next.

He who falls, falls by his own will, and he who stands, stands by God's will.

He that is kind is free, though he is a slave; he that is evil is a slave, though he be a king.

The confession of evil works is the first beginning of good works.

Salvation is God's way of making us real people.

In the Catholic Church, there are many other things which most justly keep me in her bosom. The consent of peoples and nations keeps me in the Church; so does her authority, inaugurated by miracles, nourished by hope, enlarged by love, established by age. The succession of priests keeps me, beginning from the very seat of the Apostle Peter, to whom the Lord, after His resurrection, gave it in charge to feed His sheep (Jn 21:15-19), down to the present episcopate.

You have enemies. For who can live on this earth without them? Take heed to yourselves: love them. In no way can your enemy so hurt you by his violence, as you hurt yourself if you love him not.