Every Christian needs a half-hour of prayer each day, except when he is busy, then he needs an hour.

If you would fall into any extreme, let it be on the side of gentleness. The human mind is so constructed that it resists rigor, and yields to softness.

Don't get upset with your imperfections. Surrender to the Power of God's Love, which is greater than our weakness.

Every Christian needs a half-hour of prayer each day, except when he is busy, then he needs an hour.

We have freedom to do good or evil; yet to make choice of evil, is not to use, but to abuse our freedom.

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.

In no other action can our Savior be considered more tender or more loving than in this, in which He, as it were, annihilates Himself and reduces Himself to food, that He may penetrate our souls and unite Himself to the hearts of His faithful.