[O]pulence is always the result of theft, if not committed by the actual possessor, then by his predecessors.

When I could not see the light with my blind eyes, I blamed not my eyes, but the sun.

Without doubt, the Lord grants all favors which are asked of Him in Mass, provided they be fitting for us.

The Church of Christ has been founded by shedding its own blood, not that of others; by enduring outrage, not by inflicting it. Persecutions have made it grow; martyrdoms have crowned it.

Being over seventy is like being engaged in a war. All our friends are going or gone and we survive amongst the dead and the dying as on a battlefield.

That rain is the best which falls steadily on the earth. A sudden and excessive downpour ruins the fields.

Nothing gives us a greater idea of our soul, than that God has given us, at the moment of our birth, an angel to take care of it.