Such sins, even if they do not kill all grace in us, do harm, nevertheless; and though they are only venial in themselves, they make us apt, ready, and inclined to lose grace and to fall into mortal sin.

Rid yourself of anything that is not directed toward God.

Often when He comes, He finds the soul occupied. Other guests are there, and He has to turn away. He cannot gain entry, for we love and desire other things; therefore, His gifts, which He is offering to everyone unceasingly, must remain outside.

In the school of the spirit, man learns wisdom through humility.

If we really want to achieve true prayer, we must turn our backs upon everything temporal, everything external, everything that is not divine.

God in His wisdom has decided that He will reward no works but His own.

Everything depends on this: a fathomless sinking into a fathomless nothingness.