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

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.

In the twilight of life, God will not judge us on our earthly possessions and human success, but rather on how much we have loved.

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

All the powers of soul and body,memory, understanding, and will, interior and exterior senses, thedesires of spirit and of sense, all workin and by love.

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

The purest suffering bears and carries in its train the purest understanding.