That we should feed and nourish our souls with high notions of GOD; which would yield us great joy in being devoted to Him.

Emptiness is that which frees us from religiosity and leads us to true spirituality.

That we should feed and nourish our souls with high notions of GOD; which would yield us great joy in being devoted to Him.

I desire only Him and to be wholly His.

Many do not advance in Christian progress because they stick in penances and particular exercises, while they neglect the love of God, which is the end.

That in the winter, seeing a tree stripped of its leaves, and considering that within a little time, the leaves would be renewed, and after that the flowers and fruit appear, he received a high view of the Providence and Power of GOD, which has never since been effaced from his soul. That this view had perfectly set him loose from the world, and kindled in him such a love for GOD, that he could not tell whether it had increased in above forty years that he had lived since.

Have courage then: make a virtue of necessity: ask of God, not deliverance from your pains, but strength to bear resolutely, for the love of Him, all that He should please, and as long as He shall please.