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

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.

For true devotion must issue from the heart, and consist in the truth and substances alone of what is represented by spiritual things; all the rest is affection and attachment proceeding from imperfection; and in order that one may pass to any kind of perfection it is necessary for such desires to be killed.

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

Whoever does not seek the cross of Christ doesn't seek the glory of Christ.

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

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