Nothing marks so much the solid advancement of a soul, as the view of one's wretchedness without anxiety and without discouragement.

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

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

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

Time spent in prayer is never wasted.

Faith is letting down our nets into the transparent deeps at the Divine command, not knowing what we shall draw.

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