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.

For pity's sake, don't start meeting troubles halfway.

Each of us has a soul, but we forget to value it. We don't remember that we are creatures made in the image of God. We don't understand the great secrets hidden inside of us.

What friends or kindred can be so close and intimate as the powers of our soul, which, whether we will or no, must ever bear us company?

If this is the way You treat Your friends, no wonder You have so few!

One always goes on as one begins.

Nothing is small if God accepts it.