He who has a pure heart will never cease to pray; and he who will be constant in prayer, shall know what it is to have a pure heart.

Ah, if you knew what peace there is in an accepted sorrow!

He who has a pure heart will never cease to pray; and he who will be constant in prayer, shall know what it is to have a pure heart.

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.

God's designs regarding you, and His methods of bringing about these designs, are infinitely wise.

We never know how strongly we cling to objects until they are taken away, and he who thinks htat he is attached to nothing, is frequently grandly mistaken, being bound to a thousand things, unknown to himself.

The soul seeks God by faith, not by the reasonings of the mind and labored efforts, but by the drawings of love; to which inclinations God responds, and instructs the soul, which co-operates actively. God then puts the soul in a passive state where He accomplishes all, causing great progress, first by way of enjoyment, then by privation, and finally by pure love.