No man has a right to lead such a life of contemplation as to forget in his own ease the service due to his neighbor.

The good man, though a slave, is free; the wicked, though he reigns, is a slave, and not the slave of a single man, but- what is worse - the slave of as many masters as he has vices.

Order your soul; reduce your wants; live in charity; associate in Christian community; obey the laws; trust in Providence.

Learn to dance, so when you get to heaven the angels know what to do with you.

Jesus took His flesh from the flesh of Mary

Do you wish to be great? Then begin by being little. Do you desire to construct a vast and lofty fabric? Think first about the foundations of humility. The higher your structure is to be, the deeper must be its foundation. Modest humility is beauty's crown.

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