I was in misery, and misery is the state of every soul overcome by friendship with mortal things and lacerated when they are lost. Then the soul becomes aware of the misery which is its actual condition even before it loses them.

The Sacraments are the salvation of those who use them rightly, and the damnation of those who misuse them.

Lord, teach me to know you, and to know myself.

The fruits of charity are joy, peace, and mercy; charity demands beneficence and fraternal correction; it is benevolence; it fosters reciprocity and remains disinterested and generous; it is friendship and communion: Love is itself the fulfillment of all our works. There is the goal; that is why we run: we run toward it, and once we reach it, in it we shall find rest.

Should you ask me what is the first thing in religion, I should reply that the first, second, and third thing therein is humility.

He who loves the coming of the Lord is not he who affirms that it is far off, nor is it he who says it is near, but rather he who, whether it be far off or near, awaits it with sincere faith, steadfast hope, and fervent love.

If you believe what you like in the gospels, and reject what you don't like, it is not the gospel you believe, but yourself.