“Put your heart aside. Duty comes first. But when fulfilling your duty, put your heart into it. It helps.”

“Compromise is a word found only in the vocabulary of those who have no will to fight.”

“You were very hurt at being slighted. That means you are forgetting too easily who you are.”

“If I love, there will be no hell for me.”

“Blaze a trail!”

“The enemy: Will you obey... even in this 'ridiculous' little detail? You, with God's grace: I will obey... even in this 'heroic' little detail.”

“Do grant, oh my God, that when my lips approach Yours to kiss You, I may taste the gall that was given to You; when my shoulders lean against Yours, make me feel Your scourging; when my flesh is united with Yours, in the Holy Eucharist, make me feel Your passion; when my head comes near Yours, make me feel Your thorns; when my heart is close to Yours, make me feel Your spear.”