SPIRITUAL EXERCISES whereby to conquer oneself, and order one's life, without being influenced in one's decision by any inordinate affection.

Love ought to show itself in deeds more than in words.

To withdraw from creatures and repose with Jesus in the Tabernacle is my delight; there I can hide myself and seek rest. There I find a life which I cannot describe, a joy which I cannot make others comprehend, a peace such as is found only under the hospitable roof of our best Friend.

Whatever you are doing, that which makes you feel the most alive...that is where God is.

So with that will prompt and prepared to serve all those whom I perceive to be servants of my Lord, I will speak of three things with simplicity and love as if I were speaking to my own soul.

If God causes you to suffer much, it is a sign that He certainly intends to make you a saint.

Let us work as if success depended upon ourselves alone, but with heartfelt conviction that we are doing nothing, and God everything.