There is not a moment in which God does not present Himself under the cover of some pain to be endured, of some consolation to be enjoyed, or of some duty to be performed. All that takes place within us, around us, or through us, contains and conceals His divine action.

In the shadow of death he produces life, and though the senses are terrified, faith taking all for the best, is full of courage and assurance.

If the work of our sanctification presents us with difficulties that appear insurmountable, it is because we do not look at it in the right way. In reality, holiness consists in one thing alone, namely, fidelity to God's plan. And this fidelity is equally within everyone's capacity in both its active and passive exercise.

What God arranges for us to experience at each moment is the best and holiest thing that could happen to us.

God instructs the heart, not by ideas but by pains and contradictions.

If we wish to quench our thirst, we must lay aside books which explain thirst and take a drink.

When you happen to be entirely unoccupied with created things so that you seem to be thinking of nothing and desiring nothing, you should know that then your soul in unconsciously occupied with God and in God.