There are many who want me to tell them of secret ways of becoming perfect and I can only tell them that the sole secret is a hearty love of God, and the only way of attaining that love is by loving. You learn to speak by speaking, to study by studying, to run by running, to work by working; and just so you learn to love God and man by loving. Begin as a mere apprentice and the very power of love will lead you on to become a master of the art.

Make friends with the angels, who though invisible are always with you. Often invoke them, constantly praise them, and make good use of their help and assistance in all your temporal and spiritual affairs.

Nothing appeases an enraged elephant so much as the sight of a little lamb.

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

The greatest method of praying is to pray the Rosary.

A good discourse is that from which nothing can be retrenched without cutting into the quick.

It matters little how one begins, provided that he be resolved to go on well, and to end well.