Even if [the Pope an incarnate devil], we ought not to raise up our heads against him, but calmly lie down to rest on his bosom... He who rebels against our Father is condemned to death, for that which we do to him we do to Christ: we honor Christ if we honor the Pope; we dishonor Christ if we dishonor the Pope.

Charity is the sweet and holy bond which links the soul with its Creator: it binds God with man and man with God.

The city is the image of the soul, the surrounding walls being the frontier between the outward and inward life. The gates are the faculties or senses connecting the life of the soul with the outward world. Living springs of water rise within it. And in the centre, where beats the heart, stands the holy sanctuary.

Make yourself a "capacity" and I will make myself a "torrent."

You know Me in you, and from this knowledge you will derive all that is necessary.

Do not presume to choose your own way of serving instead of the one I have made for you.

To a brave man, good and bad luck are like his left and right hand. He uses both.