Mary obtains salvation for all who have recourse to her. Oh! If all sinners had recourse to Mary, who would ever be lost? ... He who is protected by her will be saved; he who is not will be lost.

The past is no longer yours; the future is not yet in your power. You have only the present wherein to do good.

He who trusts himself is lost. He who trusts in God can do all things.

Acquire the habit of speaking to God as if you were alone with Him, familiarly and with confidence and love, as to the dearest and most loving of friends.

Your God is ever beside you - indeed, He is even within you.

There is a practice that is most powerful in keeping us united with God. That practice is the constant recollection of His presence.

He who wishes to find Jesus should seek Him, not in the delights and pleasures of the world, but in mortification of the senses.

When we have to reply to anyone who has insulted us, we should be careful to do it always with gentleness. A soft answer extinguishes the fire of wrath.

What grieves me most in my past offenses, O my loving God, is not so much the punishment I have deserved, as the displeasure I have given You, Who are worthy of infinite love.

True charity consists in doing good to those who do us evil, and in thus winning them over.

There is no one, after God, who loves us as much as this most loving Mother does.

Pay attention and listen. Your inner self has to say something to you. Listen to that eternal entity within, and you shall discover the way through which you’ll reach your goal.

What can you answer? Now be careful, don’t arouse my spite, Or with my slipper I’ll take you napping, faces slappingLeft and right.

He who knows most grieves most for wasted time.

We smoked the way other American families would have wine with dinner. For us, it was our sacrament. It was something that made a great life sweeter in every possible way.

The natural reaction of the artist will be strongly towards bringing man back into focus as the center of importance.

We are now in want of an art to teach how books are to be read rather than to read them. Such an art is practicable.

Ask, could my gifts, education, career, or experience be used to spread the gospel where it’s needed most?

Ideas are intelligent active things which present themselves to your consciousness for expression. You can only be receptive and express them as they will be expressed.

Coming from the University of Miami, I developed really good study habits.

If you care enough, you make a difference.