Let no one ask a stronger mark of an excellent love to God, than that we are insensible to our own reputation.

Prayer is the key of perfection and of sovereign happiness; it is the efficacious means of getting rid of all vices and of acquiring all virtues; for the way to become perfect is to live in the presence of God.

We must forget ourselves and all self-interest, and listen, and be attentive to God.

Oh, that we fully understood how very opposite our self-righteousness is to the designs of God!

In your occupations, try to possess your soul in peace. It is not a good plan to be in haste to perform any action that it may be sooner over. On the contrary, you should accustom yourself to do whatever you have to do with tranquility, in order that you may retain the possession of yourself and of settled peace.

The more wants we have, the further we are from God, and the nearer we approach him, the better can we dispense with everything that is not Himself.

Surrender yourselves then to be led and disposed of just as God pleases, with respect both to your outward and inward state.