Nothing would please us more than to see our beloved children form the habit of reading the Gospels - not merely from time to time, but every day.

The greatest obstacle in the apostolate of the Church is the timidity or rather the cowardice of the faithful.

The true friends of the people are neither revolutionaries, nor innovators, but traditionalists.

To heal the breach between the rich and the poor, it is necessary to distinguish between justice and charity.

If there were one million families praying the Rosary every day, the entire world would be saved.

Holy Communion is the shortest and safest way to heaven.

The daily adoration or visit to the Blessed Sacrament is the practice which is the fountainhead of all devotional works

I was born poor, I have lived poor, I wish to die poor.

If the Angels could envy, they would envy us for Holy Communion.

Among all the devotions approved by the Church none has been so favored by so many miracles as the devotion of the Most Holy Rosary

The Church alone, being the Bride of Christ and having all things in common with her Divine Spouse, is the depository of the truth.

It's important to attend funerals. It is important to view the body, they say, and to see it committed to earth or fire because unless you do that, the loved one dies for you again and again.

To get the medium's magic to work for one's aims rather than against them is to attain literacy.

No way did I ever think I was going to win the 100m.

A person who exhibits both positive and negative qualities, strengths and weaknesses, is not flawed but complete.

There is only one way to come into this world; there are too many ways to leave it.

Property -- the more common it becomes the more holy it becomes.

See that any time you feel pained or defeated, it is only because you insist on clinging to what doesn't work. Dare to let go and you won't lose a thing except for a punishing idea.

Toil and pleasure, in their natures opposite, are yet linked together in a kind of necessary connection.

No one would choose to be jerked randomly off task again and again until you have half a dozen things you're trying to get done, all at the same time.

Nothing is more unpleasant than a virtuous person with a mean mind.