Cordial love of the neighbor does not consist in feelings. This love flows not from a heart of flesh but from the heart of our will.

we must be as satisfied to be powerless, idle and still before God, and dried up and barren when He permits it, as to be full of life, enjoying His presence with ease and devotion. The whole matter of our union with God consists in being content either way.

Cordial love of the neighbor does not consist in feelings. This love flows not from a heart of flesh but from the heart of our will.

... in this valley of tears we must expect much sorrow and little consolation.

Hell is full of the talented, but Heaven of the energetic.

Follow your own way of speaking to our Lord sincerely, lovingly, confidently, and simply, as your heart dictates.

The great method of prayer is to have none. If in going to prayer one can form in oneself a pure capacity for receiving the spirit of God, that will suffice for all method.