Those who love to be feared fear to be loved.

The Devil doesn't fear austerity but holy obedience.

Work hard every day at increasing your purity of heart, which consists in appraising things and weighing them in the balance of God's will.

The merit of the cross does not consist in its heaviness, but in the manner in which we carry it. I would even say that it is sometimes more virtuous to carry a cross of straw than a heavy cross because we have to be more attentive for fear of losing it.

Oh what remorse we shall feel at the end of our lives, when we look back upon the great number of instructions and examples afforded by God and the Saints for our perfection, and so carelessly received by us! If this end were to come to you today, how would you be pleased with the life you have led this year?

The test of a preacher is that his congregation goes away saying, not "What a lovely sermon!" but "I will do something."

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