We are not to choose the manner in which our blessings shall be bestowed.

We are not to choose the manner in which our blessings shall be bestowed.

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

He who prays without confidence cannot hope that his prayers will be granted.

When we are truly in this interior simplicity our whole appearance is franker, more natural. This true simplicity. . . makes us conscious of a certain openness, gentleness, innocence, gaiety, and serenity. O, how amiable this simplicity is! Who will give it to me? I leave all for this. It is the pearl of the Gospel.

All wars are civil wars, because all men are brothers.

Trouble and perplexity drive me to prayer, and prayer drives away perplexity and trouble.