A Christian should always remember that the value of his good works is not based on their number and excellence, but on the love of God which prompts him to do these things.

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.

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.

My sole occupation is love.

It is great wisdom to know how to be silent and to look at neither the remarks, nor the deeds, nor the lives of others.

If it were given to a man to see virtue's reward in the next world, he would occupy his intellect, memory and will in nothing but good works, careless of danger or fatigue.

Seek in reading and thou shalt find in meditation; knock in prayer and it shall be opened in contemplation.