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

Faith is the union of God and the soul.

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

Contemplation is nothing else but a secret, peaceful, and loving infusion of God, which, if admitted, will set the soul on fire with the Spirit of love.

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.

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

The purest suffering bears and carries in its train the purest understanding.