To love is to be transformed into what we love. To love God is therefore to be transformed into God.

See that you are not suddenly saddened by the adversities of this world, for you do not know the good they bring, being ordained in the judgments of God for the everlasting joy of the elect.

He who avoids prayer is avoiding everything that is good.

If you do not learn to deny yourself, you can make no progress in perfection.

Not to follow the advice of our confessor is pride and a want of faith.

The conditions of a solitary bird are five: The first, that it flies to the highest point; The Second, that it does not suffer for company, not even of its own kind; The Third, that it aims its beak to the skies; The Fourth, that it does not have a definite color; The Fifth, that it sings very softly.

At the end of our life, we shall all be judged by charity.