Have Jesus always for your patron, His Cross for a mast on which you must spread your resolutions as a sail. Your anchor shall be a profound confidence in Him, and you shall sail prosperously.

Faith fills a man with love for the beauty of its truth, with faith in the truth of its beauty

Let us be what God likes, so long as we are His, and let us not be what we want to be, if it is against his intention.

The Devil doesn't fear austerity but holy obedience.

Do not desire crosses, unless you have borne those already laid upon you well — it is an abuse to long after martyrdom while unable to bear an insult patiently.

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

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.