To live according to the spirit is to love according to the spirit.
A good discourse is that from which nothing can be retrenched without cutting into the quick.
The declared enemies of God and His Church, heretics and schismatics, must be criticized as much as possible, as long as truth is not denied. It is a work of charity to shout: ‘Here is the wolf!’ when it enters the flock or anywhere else.
Let us run to Mary, and, as her little children, cast ourselves into her arms with a perfect confidence.
A judicious silence is always better than truth spoken without charity.
Faith fills a man with love for the beauty of its truth, with faith in the truth of its beauty.
God is present everywhere, and every person is His work.
Have patience with all things, but chiefly have patience with yourself. Do not lose courage in considering your own imperfections but instantly set about remedying them – every day begin the task anew.
Every morning prepare your soul for a tranquil day.
Every vocation becomes more agreeable when united with devotion.
To love our neighbor in charity is to love God in man.
While I am busy with little things, I am not required to do greater things.
Every Christian needs a half-hour of prayer each day, except when he is busy, then he needs an hour.
You learn to love by loving.
Do not desire crosses, unless you have borne well those laid on you; it is an abuse to long after martyrdom while unable to bear an insult patiently.
Every moment comes to us pregnant with a command from God, only to pass on and plunge into eternity, there to remain forever what we have made of it.
The test of a preacher is that his congregation goes away saying, not “What a lovely sermon!” but “I will do something.”
Never be hurried in anything. Do all things calmly and in a spirit of repose. Do not lose your inward peace even if everything seems to be going wrong. What is anything in life compared to peace of soul?
If after all your efforts you cannot succeed, you could not please our Lord more than by sacrificing to Him your will, and remaining in tranquility, humility, and devotion, entirely conformed and submissive to His divine will and good pleasure.
Those who pray from the heart do not think about the prayer they are saying, but about the God to whom they pray.