“He who is not getting better is getting worse.”

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.

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, one day, I should offend God in any way, or grow remiss, though ever so little, in that which concerns His holy service and glory, I solemnly implore Him, rather let me die.

Whatever you are doing, that which makes you feel the most alive…that is where God is.

The principal end both of my father and of myself in the conquest of India has been the propagation of the holy Catholic faith.

So with that will prompt and prepared to serve all those whom I perceive to be servants of my Lord, I will speak of three things with simplicity and love as if I were speaking to my own soul.

True, I am in love with suffering, but I do not know if I deserve the honor.

Love ought to show itself in deeds more than in words.

Receive, Lord, all my liberty, my memory, my understanding and my whole will.

I don’t want just words. If that’s all you have for me, you’d better go.

Better friends than lovers. Sugar can’t you see? You need you and I really need me.

I improvised my life along the way – I just moved step-by-step. And I knew that if I got better, something would happen.

I am a philosopher, not a scientist, and we philosophers are better at questions than answers.

There are some things that, if you say them out loud, will hurt the other person’s feelings. I tend to say them anyway. It’s better to be honest.

I think the only thing that I really thought about, I am always every year thinking about how I can get better, how my stuff can get better, how our team can improve.

Talk with your daughters, Play with your sons. You need to be a better friend to them than anyone else. This society offers lots of evil friends. Before they make those kinds of friends, they need to find their best friend in you.

I have one reason why you should walk away from that temptation right now. One reason: God. Is. Better.