Most Christians are superstitious rather than pious, and except for the name of Christ differ hardly at all from superstitious pagans. Handbook of the Christian Soldier (1503)
Whatever you see in the more material part of yourself, learn to refer to God and to the invisible part of yourself. In that way, whatever offers itself to the senses will become for you an occasion for the practice of piety. Handbook of the Christian Soldier (1503)
You venerate the saints, and you take pleasure in touching their relics. But you disregard their greatest legacy, the example of a blameless life. No devotion is more pleasing to Mary than the imitation of Mary's humility. No devotion is more acceptable and proper to the saints than striving to imitate their virtues. Handbook of the Christian Soldier (1503)