Faith is letting down our nets into the transparent deeps at the Divine command, not knowing what we shall draw.
All wars are civil wars, because all men are brothers.
Can we be unsafe where God has placed us, and where He watches over us as a parent a child that he loves?
Peace does not dwell in outward things but within the soul; we may preserve it in the midst of the bitterest pain, if our will remains firm and submissive. Peace in this life springs from acquiescence to, not an exemption from, suffering.
That love of self, which the world advocates, is a thousand times more dangerous than any poison.
Time spent in prayer is never wasted.
You can often help others more by correcting your own faults than theirs. Remember, and you should, because of your own experience, that allowing God to correct your faults is not easy. Be patient with people, wait for God to work with them as He wills.
Of all the duties enjoined by Christianity none is more essential and yet more neglected than prayer.
Worry is the cross which we make for ourselves by over anxiety.
There is never any peace for those who resist God.