Because God has made us for Himself, our hearts are restless until they rest in Him.
Trials and tribulations offer us a chance to make reparation for our past faults and sins. On such occasions the Lord comes to us like a physician to heal the wounds left by our sins. Tribulation is the divine medicine.
Christ is not valued at all, unless he is valued above all.
He who denies the existence of God, has some reason for wishing that God did not exist.
To my God a heart of flame; To my fellow man a heart of love; To myself a heart of steel.
It was pride that changed angels into devils; it is humility that makes men as angels.
Trust the past to the mercy of God, the present to His love, and the future to His providence.
He who is filled with love is filled with God himself.
There is no love without hope, no hope without love, and neither love nor hope without faith.
Complete abstinence is easier than perfect moderation.
Beware of despairing about yourself: you are commanded to put your trust in God, and not in yourself.
Symbols are powerful because they are the visible signs of invisible realities.
Do not believe yourself healthy. Immortality is health; this life is a long sickness.
Find out how much God has given you and from it take what you need; the remainder is needed by others.
He who does not have the church as his mother, does not have God as his father.
Seek not to understand that you may believe, but believe that you may understand.
God judged it better to bring good out of evil than to suffer no evil to exist.
Two criminals were crucified with Christ. One was saved; do not despair. One was not; do not presume.
We should never use the truth to wound.
He who falls, falls by his own will, and he who stands, stands by God’s will.