Whenever we think of Christ, we should recall the love that led Him to bestow on us so many graces and favors, and also the great love God showed in giving us in Christ a pledge of His love; for love calls for love in return. Let us strive to keep this always before our eyes and to rouse ourselves to love Him.

Patience attains All that it strives for. He who has God Finds he lacks nothing: God alone suffices.

Every part of the journey is of importance to the whole.

Holy church-that mother who is also a queen because she is a king's bride.

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.

A soul which gives itself to prayer, either much or little, should on no account be kept within narrow bounds.

It is only mercenaries who expect to be paid by the day.