A spoon full of honey gets more flies than a barrel full of vinegar.

What son would not bring his mother back to life and would not bring her into paradise after her death if he could?

Truly it is a blessed thing to love on earth as we hope to love in Heaven, and to begin that friendship here which is to endure for ever there.

Pride dies 20 minutes after death.

In so far as divine love beautifies our souls. And makes us pleasing to His divine Majesty, it is called grace; in so far as it gives us strength to do good, it is called charity; but when it reaches such a degree of perfection, that it makes us not only do the good, but do so carefully, frequently and readily, then it is called devotion.

In no other action can our Savior be considered more tender or more loving than in this, in which He, as it were, annihilates Himself and reduces Himself to food, that He may penetrate our souls and unite Himself to the hearts of His faithful.

When you encounter difficulties and contradictions, do not try to break them, but bend them with gentleness and time.