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

Consider all the past as nothing, and say, like David: Now I begin to love my God.

Chastity is the lily of virtues, and makes men almost equal to Angels. Everything is beautiful in accordance with its purity. Now the purity of man is chastity, which is called honesty, and the observance of it, honor and also integrity; and its contrary is called corruption; in short, it has this peculiar excellence above the other virtues, that it preserves both soul and body fair and unspotted.

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.

Let us think only of spending the present day well. Then when tomorrow shall have come, it will be called today, and then we will think about it.

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

There is nothing small in the service of God.