Let the enemy rage at the gate; let him knock, pound, scream, howl; let him do his worst. We know for certain that he cannot enter our soul except by the door of our consent.

There is something in even the darkest situations that we can make a positive in our lives.

When you're true to who you are, amazing things happen.

God is present everywhere, and every person is His work.

It is to those who have the most need of us that we ought to show our love more especially.

There is nothing small in the service of God.

Those who pray from the heart do not think about the prayer they are saying, but about the God to whom they pray.

Have patience with all things, But, first of all with yourself.

Let us think only of spending the present day well. Then when tomorrow shall have come, it will be called today, and then we will think about it.

Truly it is a blessed thing to love on earth as we hope to love in Heaven, and to begin that friendship here which is to endure for ever there.

A judicious silence is always better than truth spoken without charity.

When you encounter difficulties and contradictions, do not try to break them, but bend them with gentleness and time.

The greatest method of praying is to pray the Rosary.

It is right that you should begin again every day. There is no better way to complete the spiritual life than to be ever beginning it over again.

Be patient with everyone, but above all with yourself.

Every morning prepare your soul for a tranquil day.

Have patience to walk with short steps until you have wings to fly.

For every great temptation there will be many small ones. Wolves and bears are more dangerous than flies, but we are bothered most by flies.

Where there is peace and meditation, there is neither anxiety nor doubt.