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.

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

Would that men might come at last to see that it is quite impossible to reach the thicket of the riches and wisdom of God except by first entering the thicket of much suffering, in such a way that the soul finds there its consolation and desire. The soul that longs for divine wisdom chooses first, and in truth, to enter the thicket of the cross.

God passes through the thicket of the world, and wherever His glance falls He turns all things to beauty.

Where there is no love, pour love in, and you will draw love out.

Live as though only God and yourself were in this world, so that your heart may not be detained by anything human.

Obedience is a penance of reason, and, on that account, a sacrifice more acceptable than all corporal penances and mortifications.