If you cannot find Christ in the beggar at the church door, you will not find Him in the chalice.

It is simply impossible to lead, without the aid of prayer, a virtuous life.

Woman is a necessary evil, a natural temptation, a desirable calamity, a domestic peril, a deadly fascination, and a painted ill.

When we teach our children to be good, to be gentle, to be forgiving (all these are attributes of God), to be generous, to love their follow men, to regard this present age as nothing, we instill virtue in their souls, and reveal the image of God within them.

What prayer could be more true before God the Father than that which the Son, who is Truth, uttered with His own lips?

How many of you say: I should like to see His face, His garments, His shoes. You do see Him, you touch Him, you eat Him. He gives Himself to you, not only that you may see Him, but also to be your food and nourishment.

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