Rid yourself of anything that is not directed toward God.

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.

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

God touches and moves, warns and desires all equally, and He wants one quite as much as another. The inequality lies in the way in which His touch, His warnings, and His gifts are received.

Your meditations may be as profound, as exalted, as devout as you like; you may practise every pious exercise you can manage, but all this is as nothing in comparison with the Blessed Sacrament. What we do may be godly, but this sacrament is God Himself!

A good meditation, even when it is interrupted by occasional nodding, is much more beneficial than many outward religious exercises.

To discern what weaknesses and faults separate you from God, you must enter into your own inward ground and then confront yourself.