To say that I am made in the image of God is to say that love is the reason for my existence, for God is love.

Do not interfere when your opinion is not sought.

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.

O Lord, you know what is best for me. Let this or that be done, as you please. Give what you will, how much you will, and when you will.

It is much safer to obey than to rule.

He does much who loves God much, and he does much who does his deed well, and he does his deed well who does it rather for the common good than for his own will.

The enemy is more easily overcome if he be not suffered to enter the door of our hearts, but be resisted without the gate at his first knock.