A slight failing in one virtue is enough to put all the others to sleep.

Praised be the Lord, who has redeemed me from myself.

Pain is never permanent.

How friendly all men would be one with another, if no regard were paid to honour and money! I believe it would be a remedy for everything.

We should blush for shame to show so much resentment at what is done or said against us, knowing that so many injuries and affronts have been offered to our Redeemer and the saints.

Keep this in mind, for it is very important advice, so do not neglect it until you find you have such a fixed determination not to offend the Lord that you would rather lose a thousand lives and be persecuted by the whole world, than commit one mortal sin, and until you are most careful not to commit venial sins.

Prayer is an act of love; words are not needed. Even if sickness distracts from thoughts, all that is needed is the will to love.