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

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.

They say, "God told me", or "God replied to me". And yet most of the time they are talking to themselves.

In the inner stillness where meditation leads, the Spirit secretly anoints the soul and heals our deepest wounds.

Not to follow the advice of our confessor is pride and a want of faith.

Never relax, for you will not attain to the possession of true spiritual delights if first you do not learn to deny your every desire.

Never give up prayer, and should you find dryness and difficulty, persevere in it for this very reason. God often desires to see what love your soul has, and love is not tried by ease and satisfaction.