There is nothing as strong as tenderness, And nothing as tender as true strength.

Those who pray from the heart do not think about the prayer they are saying, but about the God to whom they pray.

Half an hour's meditation each day is essential, except when you are busy. Then a full hour is needed.

One of the most evil dispositions possible is that which satirizes and turns everything to ridicule. God abhors this vice, and has sometimes punished it in a marked manner

Cook the truth in charity until it tastes sweet.

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.

Big fires flare up in a wind, but little ones are blown out unless they are carried in under cover.