A religious life is a struggle and not a hymn.
It is not enough to forgive; one must forget.
In women's destiny everything goes downhill except for thought, whose immortal nature it is to keep constantly rising.
The language of religion can alone suit every situation and every mode of feeling.
the last steps of life are ever slow and difficult.
I do not want an echo of myself from my children. I do not want to hear from them merely the reverberation of my own voice.