He prays well who is so absorbed with God that he does not know he is praying.

I have made a pact with my tongue, not to speak when my heart is disturbed.

The whole world is not worth one soul.

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.

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.

While extremely sensitive as to the slightest approach to slander, you must also guard against an extreme into which some people fall, who, in their desire to speak evil of no one, actually uphold and speak well of vice.

Nothing appeases an enraged elephant so much as the sight of a little lamb.