To just read the Bible, attend church, and avoid “big” sins-is this passionate, wholehearted love for God?

Discouragement is simply the despair of wounded self-love.

Time spent in prayer is never wasted.

There is no real elevation of mind in a contempt of little things; it is, on the contrary, from too narrow views that we consider those things of little importance which have in fact such extensive consequences.

The greatest of all crosses is self. If we die in part every day, we shall have but little to do on the last. These little daily deaths will destroy the power of the final dying.

To will everything that God wills, and to will it always, in all circumstances and without reservations: that is the kingdom of God which is entirely within.

The greater our dread of crosses, the more necessary they are for us.