Prayer is an all-efficient panoply, a treasure undiminished, a mine which is never exhausted, a sky unobscured by clouds, a heaven unruffled by the storm. It is the root, the fountain, the mother of a thousand blessings.

Laughter does not seem to be a sin, but it leads to sin.

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.

As a moth gnaws a garment, so doth envy consume a man.

Before they committed the crime of crimes, before they killed their Master, before the cross, before the slaying of Christ, [Jewish sacrifices were] an abomination.

Good men do not always have grace and favor, lest they should be puffed up, and grow insolent and proud.

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