All perfection is based upon two principles, which, if we practice, and attend to the daily duties of our vocations, will surely bring us ...

Perfection is not acquired by holding one's arms extended in the form of a cross, but rather by one really working in order to dominat...

The trouble with us is that we want to serve God in our own way and not in His, and according to our own will, not His. When He permits th...

If you really want to become perfect, you must firmly hold to the counsel of the Apostle: Attend to yourself, which implies two things. Th...

Humility and charity are the two main parts of the spiritual edifice. One is the lowest and the other the highest and all the others depen...

A true sign that one loves the virtue he is striving to acquire is to appreciate the corrections and admonitions received for the defects ...

In order to make great strides toward perfection, it is wise to attach oneself to only one thing: one spiritual book, one virtue, one ejac...

Frequently and wholeheartedly kiss the crosses God sends you, without stopping to consider what kind they are. For the more ignoble and ...

CONTENTS Bibliographic Record NEW YORK: P.F. COLLIER & SON COMPANY, 1909–14 NEW YORK: BARTLEBY.COM, 2001 Introductory Note ...

ST. BRUNO of COLOGNE, (1030-1101), founder of the Carthusians, close advisor of his former pupil, Pope Urban II. "Our life is l...