Violent excitement exhausts the mind and leaves it withered and sterile.

Should we feel at times disheartened and discouraged, a simple movement of heart toward God will renew our powers. Whatever he may demand of us, he will give us at the moment the strength and courage that we need.

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

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

Above all, live in the present moment and God will give you all the grace you need.

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 will everything that God wills, and to will it always, in all circumstances and without reservations: that is the kingdom of God which is entirely within.