Have a great love for those who contradict and fail to love you, for in this way love is begotten in a heart that has no love.

Whoever does not seek the cross of Christ doesn't seek the glory of Christ.

God desires the smallest degree of purity of conscience in you more than all the works you can perform.

Strive always to confess your sins with a deep knowledge of your own wretchedness and with clarity and purity.

Desolation is a file, and the endurance of darkness is preparation for great light.

Never listen to accounts of the frailty of others; and if anyone should complain to you of another, humbly ask him not to speak about him at all.

In the twilight of life, God will not judge us on our earthly possessions and human success, but rather on how much we have loved.