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

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

Real friends are our greatest joy and our greatest sorrow. It were almost to be wished that all true and faithful friends should expire on the same day.

The greatest of all crosses is self. If we die in part every day, we shall have but little to do on the last. These little daily deaths will destroy the power of the final dying.

Sordid and infamous sensuality, the most dreadful evil that issued from the box of Pandora, corrupts every heart, and eradicates every virtue. Fly! wherefore dost thou linger? Fly, cast not one look behind thee; nor let even thy thought return to the accursed evil for a moment.

I would have no desire other than to accomplish thy will. Teach me to pray; pray thyself in me.

Let gratitude for the past inspire us with trust for the future.