Whoever brings an affliction, it is God who sends it.

He may look on death with joy, who can look on forgiveness with faith.

Sin has the devil for its father, shame for its companion, and death for its wages.

Let us then ascribe the whole work of grace to the pleasure of God's Will. God did not choose us because we were worthy, but by choosing us He makes us worthy.

Those prayers God likes best which come seething hot from the heart.

Prayer as it comes from the saint is weak and languid; but when the arrow of a saint's prayer is put into the bow of Christ's intercession it pierces the throne of grace.

The right manner of growth is to grow less in one's own eyes.