This poor world, the object of so much insane attachment, we are about to leave; it is but misery, vanity, and folly; a phantom--the very fashion of which "passeth away.

The great point is to renounce your own wisdom by simplicity of walk, and to be ready to give up the favor, esteem, and approbation of every one, whenever the path in which God leads you passes that way.

Crosses are of no use to us but inasmuch as we yield ourselves up to them and forget ourselves.

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.

Do not make best friends with a melancholy sad soul. They always are heavily loaded, and you must bear half.

I no longer desire anything but to be Thine.

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