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

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.

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.

Humor is the foundation of reconciliation.

Do not wish to be anything but what you are, and try to be that perfectly.

We may be excused for not always being bright, but we are not excused for not being gracious, yielding and considerate.

One rarely does well what one rarely does.

The Lord delights in every little step you take.

The state of marriage is one that requires more virtue and constancy than any other; it is a perpetual exercise in mortification.

Nothing is so strong as gentleness, nothing so gentle as real strength.

Doing little things with a strong desire to please God makes them really great.

I have made a pact with my tongue, not to speak when my heart is disturbed.