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.

Lord, I shall see you no more with the eyes of the flesh.

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

Desolation is a file, and the endurance of darkness is preparation for great light.

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

The virtuous soul that is alone and without a master is like a long lone burning coal; it will grow colder rather than hotter.

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.