April 23: 'Those who wish to enter upon the religious life, should first of all mortify themselves for a long time, and particularly mortify their will in things to which they have the greatest repugnance.'

April 22: 'The cheerful are much easier to guide in the spiritual life than the melancholy.'

April 21: 'The true way to advance in holy virtues, is to persevere in a holy cheerfulness.'

April 20: 'Let the sick man enter into the Side of Jesus and His most holy Wounds; let him not be afraid, but combat manfully, and he will come forth victorious.'

April 19: 'The sick man must not fear when he is tempted to lose confidence; for if he has sinned, Christ has suffered and paid for him.'

April 18: 'A sick man should make God a present of his will; and if it turns out that he has to suffer for a long time, he must submit to the Divine Will.'

April 17: 'In visiting the dying we should not say many words to them, but rather help them by praying for them.'

April 16: 'In trying to get rid of bad habits, it is of the greatest importance not to put off going to confession after a fall, and also to keep to the same confessor.'

April 15: 'One of the very best means of obtaining humility, is sincere and frequent confession.'

April 14: 'When we go to confession, we should accuse ourselves of our worst sins first, and of those things which we are most ashamed of, because by this means we put the devil to greater confusion, and reap more fruit from our confession.'

April 13: 'We must avoid lies as we would a pestilence.'

April 12: 'We must not trust in ourselves, but take the advice of our spiritual father, and recommend ourselves to everybody’s prayers.'

April 11: 'The stench of impurity before God and the angels is so great, that no stench in the world can equal it.'

April 10: In temptation we ought not to say, “I will do,” or “I will say,” for it is a species of presumption and self-confidence; we ought rather to say with humility, “I know what I ought to do, but I do not know what I shall do.”

April 9: It is a most useful thing to say often, and from the heart, “Lord, do not put any confidence in me, for I am sure to fall if Thou dost not help me;” or, “O my Lord, look for nothing but evil from me.”

April 8: 'When a person puts himself in an occasion of sin, saying, 'I shall not fall, I shall not commit it,' it is an almost infallible sign that he will fall, and with all the greater damage to his soul.'

April 7: 'We should be less alarmed for one who is tempted in the flesh, and who resists by avoiding the occasions, than for one who is not tempted and is not careful to avoid the occasions.'

April 6: 'In the warfare of the flesh, only cowards gain the victory; that is to say, those who fly.'

April 5: Never say, 'What great things the Saints do,' but, 'What great things God does in His Saints.”

April 4: 'When sensual thoughts come into the mind, we ought immediately to make use of our minds, and fix them instantaneously upon something or other, no matter what.'