It is a great folly to be willing to violate the friendship of God, rather than the law of human friendship.

Whenever conscience commands anything, there is only one thing to fear, and that is fear.

From silly devotions and from sour-faced saints, good Lord, deliver us.

The most potent and acceptable prayer is the prayer that leaves the best effects. I don't mean it must immediately fill the soul with desire . . . The best effects are those that are followed up by actions-when the soul not only desires the honor of God, but really strives for it.

Let thy words be few when in the midst of many.

I am quite sure I am more afraid of people who are themselves terrified of the devil than I am of the devil himself.

True perfection consists in the love of God and our neighbour, and the better we keep both these commandments, the more perfect we shall be.