In the presence of Jesus in the Holy Sacrament we ought to be like the Blessed in heaven before the Divine Essence

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

The tree that is beside the running water is fresher and gives more fruit.

My good works, however wretched and imperfect, have been made better and perfected by Him Who is my Lord: He has rendered them meritorious. As to my evil deeds and my sins, He hid them at once. The eyes of those who saw them, He made even blind; and He has blotted them out of their memory.

We always find that those who walked closest to Christ were those who had to bear the greatest trials.

Those seeking the life of the spirit should be cheerful and free, and not neglect recreation. Married people must act in conformity with their vocation--but their progress will of necessity be but the pace of a hen.

God gave us faculties for our use; each of them will receive its proper reward. Then do not let us try to charm them to sleep, but permit them to do their work until divinely called to something higher.