"Glory follows virtue as its shadow; and deserting those who seek it, it seeks those who despise it."

St. Jerome, Letter 108, §3

"The holy and learned Jesuit, Father Suarez, was so deeply aware of the value of the Angelic Salutation that he said he would gladly give all his learning for the price of one Hail Mary well said."

St. Louis de Montfort, The Secret of the Rosary, 19th Rose

"To believe in the brotherhood of man without the Fatherhood of God would make men a race of bastards."

Ven. Fulton Sheen, Life of Christ, Ch. 23

"In all thy works remember thy last end, and thou shalt never sin."

Sirach 7:40

"Nothing is more certain than death, but nothing more uncertain than the hour of death."

St. Alphonsus Liguori, Way of Salvation and of Perfection, Meditation XLVIII

"Not only were the Jews expecting the birth of a Great King, a Wise Man and a Saviour, but Plato and Socrates also spoke of the Logos and of the Universal Wise Man 'yet to come'. Confucius spoke of 'the Saint'; the Sibyls, of a 'Universal King'; the Greek dramatist, of a saviour and redeemer to unloose man from the 'primal eldest curse'. All these were on the Gentile side of the expectation. What separates Christ from all men is that first He was expected; even the Gentiles had a longing for a deliverer, or redeemer. This fact alone distinguishes Him from all other religious leaders."

Ven. Fulton Sheen, Life of Christ, Ch. 1

"Always keep current: know what the modern world is thinking about; read its poetry, its history, its literature; observe its architecture and its art; hear its music and its theater; and then plunge deeply into St. Thomas and the wisdom of the ancients and you will be able to refute its errors."

Cardinal Mercier's advice to the young Ven. Fulton Sheen, Treasure in Clay, Ch. 5

"I think this is the principal reason why the Invisible God willed to be seen in the Flesh. . . [God] wanted to recapture the affections of carnal men who were unable to love in any other way, by first drawing them to the salutary love of His Own Humanity, and then gradually to raise them to a spiritual love."

St. Bernard of Clairvaux, On the Song of Songs, Sermon 20, V, 6, 152

"In a word, St. Francis de Sales used to say to her [St. Jane Frances of Chantal] that that blessed soul was like a deaf musician who could sing most admirably, but had no pleasure in his voice, because he could not hear it."

St. Alphonsus, Pious Reflections on Different Points of Spirituality to Guide Souls that Desire to Advance in the Love of God, Meditation XXXIX

"Regarding the penalties for this crime, it must be known that sodomites are condemned by civil law to the penalty of death and burning; however, by canon law, according to the bull of St. Pius V [Horrendum Illud Scelus], in the writings of the Salmanticenses (C. 7, n. 107), both clerics and lay religious practicing this dire abomination (words of the bull) "are to be deprived of every clerical privilege, office, and benefice by the authority of the present canon." And furthermore, the holy Pontiff commands that they be handed over to the secular power."

St. Alphonsus, Theologia Moralis, Lib. III, Tract. IV, Cap. II, Dub. III, n. 470

"Beware of Philip, Lord. He may yet betray you."

A usual prayer of St. Philip Neri

Quod Æternum non est, nihil est.

"What is not eternal is nothing."

"God hates peace in those destined for war!"

Ven. Fulton J. Sheen

"A single 'Blessed be God,' under adverse circumstances, is worth more than a thousand thanksgivings when things go smoothly."

St. John of Ávila

"The reason [women] are subject and not in the forefront is that they are deficient in reasoning, which is especially necessary for those who preside. Therefore, the Philosopher says in his Politics that corruption of rule occurs, when the rule comes to women."

St. Thomas Aquinas, Commentary on First Corinthians

"If the Devil makes an uproar with temptations or imaginations, make nothing out of it, as though it were a fly."

St. Paul of the Cross