Above all, live in the present moment and God will give you all the grace you need.

God is our true Friend, who always gives us the counsel and comfort we need. Our danger lies in resisting Him; so it is essential that we acquire the habit of hearkening to His voice, or keeping silence within, and listening so as to lose nothing of what He says to us.

Speak, move, act in peace, as if you were in prayer. In truth, this is prayer.

Violent excitement exhausts the mind and leaves it withered and sterile.

When kings interfere in matters of religion, they enslave instead of protecting it.

Prayer is so necessary, and the source of so many blessings, that he who has discovered the treasure cannot be prevented from having recourse to it, whenever he has an opportunity.

Simplicity is that grace which frees the soul from all unnecessary reflections upon itself.