Unjust laws aren't laws at all.

The soul, which is spirit, can not dwell in dust; it is carried along to dwell in the blood.

Nothing so clearly distinguishes a spiritual man as his treatment of an erring brother.

He who devoutly hears holy Mass will receive a great vigor to enable him to resist mortal sin, and there shall be pardoned to him all venial sins which he may have committed up to that hour.

Two works of mercy set a person free: Forgive and you will be forgiven, and give and you will receive.

Patience is the companion of wisdom.

What is reprehensible is that while leading good lives themselves and abhorring those of wicked men, some, fearing to offend, shut their eyes to evil deeds instead of condemning them and pointing out their malice.