The rich man is not one who is in possession of much, but one who gives much.

The test of sincerity of one's prayer is the willingness to labor on its behalf.

When you are weary of praying, and do not receive, consider how often you have heard a poor man calling, and have not listened to him.

When the Mass is being celebrated, the sanctuary is filled with countless angels, who adore the Divine Victim immolated on the altar.

An insult is either sustained or destroyed, not by the disposition of those who insult, but by the disposition of those who bear it.

No one has ever been accused for not providing ornaments, but for those who neglect their neighbour a hell awaits with an inextinguishable fire and torment in the company of the demons. Do not, therefore, adorn the church and ignore your afflicted brother, for he is the most precious temple of all.

What is dying? Just what it is to put off a garment. For the body is about the soul as a garment; and after laying this aside for a short time by means of death, we shall resume it again with more splendor.