What gnats are compared with humans, so is the whole creation compared with God.

He that enjoys naught without thanksgiving is as though he robbed God.

Fasting is a medicine.

It is a shame for a man to desire honor because of his noble progenitors, and not to deserve it by his own virtue.

What is it to be a fool for Christ? It is to control one's thoughts when they stray out of line. It is to make the mind empty and free.

You can call happy those who saw Him... But, come to the altar and you will see Him, you will touch Him, you will give to Him holy kisses, you will wash Him with your tears, you will carry Him within you like Mary Most Holy.

Nothing is more fallacious than wealth. To-day it is for thee; tomorrow it is against thee. It arms the eyes of the envious every where. It is a hostile comrade, a domestic enemy.