Therefore Lord, not only are you that than which a greater cannot be thought but you are also something greater than can be thought.

God does not delay to hear our prayers because He has no mind to give; but that, by enlarging our desires, He may give us the more largely.

Let no worldly prosperity divert you, nor any worldly adversity restrain you from His praise.

It is impossible to save one's soul without devotion to Mary and without her protection.

I have written the little work that follows . . . in the role of one who strives to raise his mind to the contemplation of God and one who seeks to understand what he believes.

I believe in order that I may understand.

O supreme and unapproachable light! O whole and blessed truth, how far art thou from me, who am so near to thee! How far removed art thou from my vision, though I am so near to thine! Everywhere thou art wholly present, and I see thee not. In thee I move, and in thee I have my being; and I cannot come to thee. Thou art within me, and about me, and I feel thee not.