Though the path is plain and smooth for men of good will, he who walks it will not travel far, and will do so only with difficulty, if he does not have good feet: that is, courage and a persevering spirit.

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

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.

Abide in peace, banish cares, take no account of all that happens, and you will serve God according to his good pleasure and rest in him.

In the dark night of the soul, bright flows the river of God.

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.

At the evening of life, we shall be judged on our love.