“Idleness is hells fishhook for catching souls.”

Remember that bodily exercise, when it is well ordered, as I have said, is also prayer by means of which you can please God our Lord.

It is proper to ask for sorrow with Christ in sorrow, anguish with Christ in anguish, tears and deep grief because of the great affliction Christ endures for me.

May the perfect grace and eternal love of Christ our Lord be our never-failing protection and help.

The acknowledgment of and gratitude for favors and gifts received is loved and esteemed in Heaven and on earth.

If God causes you to suffer much, it is a sign that He certainly intends to make you a saint.

It is not the finest wood that feeds the fire of Divine love, but the wood of the Cross.

Remember that the good angels do what they can to preserve men from sin and obtain God’s honor. But they do not lose courage when men fail.

Finding God in All Things.

Few souls understand what God would effect in them if they should give themselves entirely into his hands and allow his grace to act.

He who is not getting better is getting worse.

May it please Christ our Lord to grant us true humility and abnegation of will and judgment, so that we may deserve to begin to be His disciples.

Concerning the harsh treatment of the body for our Lord’s sake, I would say, avoid anything that would cause the shedding even of a drop of blood.

The servant of God earns half a doctorate through illness.

May God our Lord never let me harm anyone when I cannot help him!

He who is devout to the Virgin Mother will certainly never be lost.

Occupy yourself in beholding and bewailing your own imperfections rather than contemplating the imperfections of others.

If there are nine rabbits on the ground and you want to catch one, just focus on one.

The artist sees what others only catch a glimpse of.

Boys think girls are like books, If the cover doesn’t catch their eye they won’t bother to read what’s inside.

Don’t try to lessen yourself for the world; let the world catch up to you.

The feeling we catching, my love is a blessing.

The dream was always running ahead of me. To catch up, to live for a moment in unison with it, that was the miracle.

Self-confidence is something caught and not taught and risk-running and chance-taking are the only ways to catch it.

People suffer because they are caught in their views. As soon as we release those views, we are free and we don’t suffer anymore.