It [covetousness] is a sin against God, just as all mortal sins, in as much as man condemns things eternal for the sake of temporal things.

Devotion is a certain act of the will by which man gives himself promptly to divine service.

Mercy without justice is the mother of dissolution; justice without mercy is cruelty.

Reason in man is rather like God in the world.

The Eucharist is the Sacrament of Love; It signifies Love, It produces love. The Eucharist is the consummation of the whole spiritual life.

God is never angry for His sake, only for ours.

The principal act of courage is to endure and withstand dangers doggedly rather than to attack them.