Humility is constant forgetfulness of one's achievements.

Everything is possible for the believer. I have watched impure souls mad for physical love but turning what they know of such love into a reason for penance and transferring that same capacity for love to the Lord. I have watched them master fear so as to drive themselves unsparingly toward the love of God. That is why, when talking of that chaste harlot, the Lord does not say, 'because she feared,' but rather, 'because she loved much' she was able to drive out love with love (Lk. 7:47).

Pride is the utter poverty of soul disguised as riches, imaginary light where in fact there is darkness.

Simplicity is an enduring habit within a soul that has grown impervious to evil thoughts.

Become aware of God, in whose presence you are while you pray . . . Then take a formula of prayer and recite it with perfect attention both to the words you are saying and to the Person to whom you are saying them.

I know a man who, when he saw a woman of striking beauty, praised the Creator for her. The sight of her lit within him the love of God.

I would not consider my spirituality worthwhile that wants to walk in sweetness and ease and run from the imitation of Christ.