We must never undervalue any person. The workman loves not that his work should be despised in his presence. Now God is present everywhere, and every person is His work.

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

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

Take care of your health, that it may serve you to serve God.

One rarely does well what one rarely does.

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

Have patience with all things, but chiefly have patience with yourself. Do not lose courage in considering your own imperfections but instantly set about remedying them -- every day begin the task anew.