If I should say anything that is not in conformity with what is held by the Holy Roman Catholic Church, it will be through ignorance and not through malice. This may be taken as certain, and also that, through God's goodness, I am, and shall always be, as I always have been, subject to her.

If you fall sometimes, you must not be discouraged.

The important thing is not to think much but to love much; do, then, whatever most arouses you to love.

All times are dangerous times.

There is more value in a little study of humility and in a single act of it than in all the knowledge in the world.

The saints rejoiced at injuries and persecutions, because in forgiving them they had something to present to God when they prayed to Him.

Alas, O Lord, to what a state dost Thou bring those who love Thee!