Take God for your spouse and friend and walk with him continually, and you will not sin and will learn to love, and the things you must do will work out prosperously for you.

He who loses an opportunity is like the man who lets a bird fly from his hand, for he will never recover it.

Now that I no longer desire all, I have it all without desire.

At the end of our life, we shall all be judged by charity.

Whenever anything disagreeable or displeasing happens to you, remember Christ crucified and be silent.

However softly we speak, God is so close to us that he can hear us; nor do we need wings to go in search of him, but merely to seek solitude and contemplate him within ourselves, without being surprised to find such a good Guest there.

If you do not learn to deny yourself, you can make no progress in perfection.