Saint

I am that prodigal son who wasted all the portion entrusted to me by my father. But I have not yet fallen at my father's knees. I have not yet begun to put away from me the enticements of my former riotous living.

Be ever engaged, so that whenever the devil calls he may find you occupied.

They talk like angels but they live like men.

Those who persevere in sin are those who are held in abhorrence by God, but those who abandon the ways of sin are loved by the Lord.

It is not enough for us to restrain from doing evil, unless we shall also do good.

A friend is long sought, hardly found, and with difficulty kept.

Virginity can be lost by a thought.

Let your daughter have first of all the book of Psalms for holiness of heart, and be instructed in the Proverbs of Solomon for her godly life.

It is not enough for us to restrain from doing evil, unless we shall also do good.

Virginity can be lost by a thought.

Action without a name, a 'who' attached to it, is meaningless.

A fat stomach never breeds fine thoughts.

Love is not to be purchased, and affection has no price.

Love is not to be purchased, and affection has no price.

A fat stomach never breeds fine thoughts.

I am like the sick sheep that strays from the rest of the flock. Unless the Good Shepherd takes me on His shoulders and carries me back to His fold, my steps will falter, and in the very effort of rising, my feet will give way.