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.

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

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.

Live in the world as if only God and your soul were in it; then your heart will never be made captive by any earthly thing.

The soul that walks in love neither tires others nor grows tired.

Love consists not in feeling great things but in having great detachment and in suffering for the Beloved.

Yearning: It needs to hurt in order to be worthy of the word. Otherwise it is just wanting.