Virginity is not honored simply because it is virginity, but because it is consecrated of God.

Idolatry is worshipping anything that ought to be used, or using anything that is meant to be worshipped.

Two criminals were crucified with Christ. One was saved; do not despair. One was not; do not presume.

In matters that are so obscure and far beyond our vision, we find in Holy Scripture passages which can be interpreted in very different ways without prejudice to the faith we have received. In such cases, we should not rush in headlong and so firmly take our stand on one side that, if further progress in the search for truth justly undermines this position, we too fall with it.

I held my heart back from positively accepting anything, since I was afraid of another fall, and in this condition of suspense I was being all the more killed.

God's faithful servant has no desire for people to say or to give to him, or what he likes to hear or see, for his first and greatest aim is to hear what is most pleasing to God.

Every visible thing in this world is put in the charge of an angel.