“It is a great folly to be willing to violate the friendship of God, rather than the law of human friendship.”

There seem to me a great many blessings which come from true poverty and I should be sorry to be deprived of them.

Let us remember that within us there is a palace of immense magnificence.

Each of us has a soul, but we forget to value it. We don’t remember that we are creatures made in the image of God. We don’t understand the great secrets hidden inside of us.

Let nothing disturb thee, let nothing affright thee. All things are passing. Patience obtains all things. He who has God has everything – God alone suffices.

If you fall sometimes, you must not be discouraged.

What a great favor God does to those He places in the company of good people!

Do not think you have gained a virtue unless you have first been tried by its opposite.

Blessed be He, Who came into the world for no other purpose than to suffer.

Teach by works more than words.

The life of the spirit is not our life, but the life of God within us.

Never affirm anything unless you are sure it is true.

What peace can we hope to find elsewhere if we have none within us.

Christ does not force our will, He only takes what we give Him. But He does not give Himself entirely until He sees that we yield ourselves entirely to Him.

Always think of yourself as everyone’s servant; look for Christ Our Lord in everyone and you will then have respect and reverence for them all.

Whoever has God lacks nothing. God alone suffices.

About the injunction of the Apostle Paul that women should keep silent in church? Don’t go by one text only.

It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages.

Success, fame, and fortune, they’re all illusions. All there is that is real is the friendship that two can share.

People influence people. Nothing influences people more than a recommendation from a trusted friend.

Making new friends is tough. You don’t really know who to trust when you’re away from people that you love a lot.

Sometimes you will never know the value of something,until it becomes a memory.

I want someone honest, someone who’s very sweet to my family and friends, and polite to the other people around me.

There is no friend as loyal as a book.

I like to be with someone who has character and style and someone who is very understanding.