Nothing is more like a wise man than a fool who holds his tongue.

A dance is the devil's procession, and he that entereth into a dance, entereth into his possession.

Let is walk ... joyously, dear souls, among the difficulties of this passing life ... These pains will have an end when our life ends, after which there will be only joy, only contentment, only eternal consolation.

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

The spirit cannot endure the body when overfed, but, if underfed, the body cannot endure the spirit.

There are many who say to the Lord, "I give myself wholly to Thee, without any reserve," but there are few who embrace the practice of this abandonment, which consists in receiving with a certain indifference every sort of event, as it happens in conformity with Divine Providence, as well afflictions as consolations, contempt and reproaches as honor and glory.

Every moment comes to us pregnant with a command from God, only to pass on and plunge into eternity, there to remain forever what we have made of it.