Virtue is nothing without the trial of temptation, for there is no conflict without an enemy, no victory without strife
The secret of happiness is to live moment by moment and to thank God for all that He, in His goodness, sends to us day after day
Remember this and never forget it: even if it should seem at times that everything is collapsing, nothing is collapsing at all, because God doesn’t lose battles
If you believe what you like in the gospel, and reject what you don’t like, it is not the gospel you believe but yourself
In her voyage across the ocean of this world, the Church is like a great ship being pounded by the waves of life’s different stresses