Let us fear to leave Him. Let us be always with Him. Let us live and die in His presence.

That we ought, once for all, heartily to put our whole trust in GOD, and make a total surrender of ourselves to Him, secure that He would not deceive us.

I have quitted all forms of devotion and set prayers but those to which my state obliges me. And I make it my business only to persevere in His holy presence, wherein I keep myself by a simple attention, and a general fond regard to GOD, which I may call an actual presence of GOD, or, to speak better, an habitual, silent, and secret conversation of the soul with GOD, which often causes me joys and raptures inwardly, and sometimes also outwardly, so great that I am forced to use means to moderate them, and prevent their appearance to others.

If we are truly devoted to doing God's will, pain and pleasure won't make any difference to us.

You need not cry very loud; he is nearer to us than we think.

GOD will not permit that a soul which desires to be devoted entirely to Him should take other pleasures than with Him: that is more than reasonable.

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.