God is so good that He only awaits our desire to overwhelm us with the gift of himself.

We may as well tolerate all religions, since God Himself tolerates all.

How can you expect God to speak in that gentle and inward voice which melts the soul, when you are making so much noise with your rapid reflections? Be silent and God will speak again.

Mankind, by the perverse depravity of their nature, esteem that which they have most desired as of no value the moment it is possessed, and torment themselves with fruitless wishes for that which is beyond their reach.

Genuine good taste consists in saying much in few words, in choosing among our thoughts, in having order and arrangement in what we say, and in speaking with composure.

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

To be faithful in prayer it is indispensable that we arrange all the activities of the day with a regularity that nothing can disturb