Whoever finds Jesus, finds a rich treasure, and a good above every good. He who loses Jesus loses much indeed, and more than the whole world. Poorest of all is he who lives without Jesus, and richest of all is he who stands in favor with Jesus.

He is truly great who is little in his own eyes and makes nothing of the highest

Remember, your prerogative is to govern, and not to serve the things of this world.

He is truly great who hath a great charity.

No one is so good that he is immune from temptation. We will never be entirely free from it. . . . There is no order so holy, no place so secret where there will be no temptation.

Man proposes, but God disposes.

Dispose thyself to patience rather than to comfort, and to the bearing of the cross rather than to gladness.