“There is nothing small in the service of God.”

Every vocation becomes more agreeable when united with devotion.

By giving yourself to God, You not only receive Himself in exchange, but eternal life as well.

We must never undervalue any person. The workman loves not that his work should be despised in his presence. Now God is present everywhere, and every person is His work.

One single day of devotion is worth more than a thousand years of worldly life.

While I am busy with little things, I am not required to do greater things.

Fear is a greater evil than evil itself.

You learn to love by loving.

The greatest method of praying is to pray the Rosary.

Do not lose courage in considering your own imperfections.

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?

There is no better means of attainment to the spiritual life Than by continually beginning again.

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

God will either shield you from suffering or give you unfailing strength to bear it.

If you would fall into any extreme, let it be on the side of gentleness. The human mind is so constructed that it resists rigor, and yields to softness.

We must fear God out of love, not love Him out of fear.

Be not miserable about what may happen tomorrow. The same everlasting Father, who cares for you today, will care for you tomorrow.

In trial or difficulty I have recourse to Mother Mary, whose glance alone is enough to dissipate every fear.

Well, when Christ comes back this time, I hope He comes back mad His own self. I hope He drives the Jim Crowers out of their high places, every living last one of them from Washington to Texas.

There is a certain destiny of everything, regulated by the foreknowledge and providence of God in His works.

Live in the world as if only God and your soul were in it; then your heart will never be made captive by any earthly thing.

Between God and the soul there is no between.

All the things in this world are gifts of God, created for us, to be the means by which we can come to know him better, love him more surely, and serve him more faithfully.

For those who love, nothing is too difficult, especially when it is done for the love of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Abyss calls to abyss. It is there in the very depths that the divine impact takes place, where the abyss of our nothingness encounters the Abyss of mercy, the immensity of the all of God.