It is easier to bustle about than to study, but it is also less effective. - Josemaría Escrivá

Gold, silver, jewels: dust, heaps of manure. Gratification, sensual pleasures, satisfaction of the appetites: like a beast, like a mule, like a cock, like a pig, like a bull. Honours, distinctions, titles: things of air, puffs of pride, lies, nothingness.

The higher a statue is raised, the harder and more dangerous the impact when it falls.

You are ready to give your life for your honour ... Be ready to give up your honour for your soul.