Zeal is the soul of the virtues (II:84).

It is easy to go from deficiency to excess of the virtues, from being just to becoming rigid, and from zealous to inconsiderate (II:84).

It is easy to go from deficiency to excess of the virtues, from being just to becoming rigid, and from zealous to inconsiderate (II:84).

How little it takes to be very holy: to do the Will of God in all things (II:47).

Roses are not gathered except in the midst of thorns and heroic acts of virtue are accomplished only in weakness (II:22).

Was it not necessary for Christ to be humbled and brought low before men in order to get Him to accept the gentle yoke of His dominion and guidance? (II:7)

A priest should be more perfect than a religious as such, and a bishop even more so (II:5).

We must hold as an irrefutable maxim that the difficulties we have with our neighbor arise more from our immortified moods than from anything else (I:597).

We should prefer those who are most exacting to those who subscribe to our moods (I:597).

The works God Himself is accomplishing are never spoiled by the inactivity of men and women (I:588).