We can never attain to perfection while we have an affection for any imperfection.
Oh what remorse we shall feel at the end of our lives, when we look back upon the great number of instructions and examples afforded by God and the Saints for our perfection, and so carelessly received by us! If this end were to come to you today, how would you be pleased with the life you have led this year?
There is no better means of attainment to the spiritual life Than by continually beginning again.
You learn to love by loving.
If the heart wanders or is distracted, bring it back to the point quite gently... And even if you did nothing during the whole of your hour but bring your heart back, though it went away every time you brought it back, your hour would be very well employed.
The state of marriage is one that requires more virtue and constancy than any other; it is a perpetual exercise in mortification.
He who complains, sins.
All the science of the Saints is included in these two things: To do, and to suffer. And whoever had done these two things best, has made himself most saintly.
It is better to remain silent than to speak the truth ill-humoredly, and spoil an excellent dish by covering it with bad sauce.
There is nothing as strong as tenderness, And nothing as tender as true strength.
Have patience with all things, but chiefly have patience with yourself. Do not lose courage in considering your own imperfections but instantly set about remedying them -- every day begin the task anew.
Do not desire crosses, unless you have borne those already laid upon you well — it is an abuse to long after martyrdom while unable to bear an insult patiently.
We must fear God out of love, not love Him out of fear.
All of us can attain to Christian virtue and holiness, no matter in what condition of life we live and no matter what our life work may be.
One great remedy against all manner of temptation, great or small, is to open the heart and lay bare its suggestion, likings, and dislikings before some spiritual adviser; for, . . . the first condition which the Evil One makes with a soul, when he wants to entrap it, is silence.
Professions of humility are the very cream, the very essence of pride; the really humble person wishes to be, and not to appear so. Humility is timorous, and starts at her shadow; and so delicate that if she hears her name pronounced it endangers her existence.
Friendships begun in this world will be taken up again, never to be broken off.
Examine from time to time what are the dominant passions of your soul, and having ascertained this, mold your life, so that in thought, word, and deed you may as far as possible counteract them.
Every Christian needs a half-hour of prayer each day, except when he is busy, then he needs an hour.
One single day of devotion is worth more than a thousand years of worldly life.
By turning your eyes on God in meditation, your whole soul will be filled with God. Begin all your prayers in the presence of God.
One of the most evil dispositions possible is that which satirizes and turns everything to ridicule. God abhors this vice, and has sometimes punished it in a marked manner
While extremely sensitive as to the slightest approach to slander, you must also guard against an extreme into which some people fall, who, in their desire to speak evil of no one, actually uphold and speak well of vice.
We must visit Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament a hundred thousand times a day.
Take care of your health, that it may serve you to serve God.
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