I will not live an instant that I do not live in love. Whoever loves does all things without suffering, or, suffering, loves his suffering.

Give me chastity and continence, but not yet.

Indifferent acts are judged by their ends sins are judged by themselves.

We count on God's mercy for our past mistakes, on God's love for our present needs, on God's sovereignty for our future.

Not all, nor even a majority, are saved. . . They are indeed many, if regarded by themselves, but they are few in comparison with the far larger number of those who shall be punished with the devil.

Who would not shudder if he were given the choice of eternal death or life again as a child ? Who would not choose to die ?

He who does little, but in a state to which God calls him, does more than he who labors much, but in a state which he has thoughtlessly chosen: a cripple limping in the right way is better than a racer out of it.