The smallest things become great when God requires them of us; they are small only in themselves; they are always great when they are done for God.

God felt, God tasted and enjoyed is indeed God, but God with those gifts which flatter the soul, God in darkness, in privation, in forsakenness, in sensibility, is so much God, that he is so to speak God bare and alone. Shall we fear this death, which is to produce in us the true divine life of grace?

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

The best use one can make of his mind is to distrust it.

A good historian is timeless; although he is a patriot, he will never flatter his country in any respect.

There is never any peace for those who resist God.

So long as we are full of self we are shocked at the faults of others. Let us think often of our own sin, and we shall be lenient to the sins of others.