People travel to wonder at the height of mountains, at the huge waves of the sea, at the long courses of rivers, at the vast compass of the ocean, at the circular motion of the stars; and they pass by themselves without wondering.

Don't let your life give evidence against your tongue. Sing with your voices... sing also with your conduct.

God is more truly imagined than expressed, and He exists more truly than He is imagined.

The way to Christ is first through humility, second through humility, and third through humility. If humility does not precede and accompany and follow every good work we do, if it is not before us to focus on, it it is not beside us to lean upon, if it is not behind us to fence us in, pride will wrench from our hand any good deed we do at the very moment we do it.

It is better to be cured in the Church than to be cut off from this Body as incurable ... for, as long as the member is still attached to the Body, his cure is not beyond hope, but when he has been cut off, he can neither be treated nor cured.

Father, I am seeking: I am hesitant and uncertain, but will you, O God, watch over each step of mine and guide me.

The wicked exist in this world either to be converted or that through them the good may exercise patience.