Look upon yourself as a tree planted beside the water, which bears its fruit in due season; the more it is shaken by the wind, the deeper it strikes its roots into the ground.

I need nothing but God, and to lose myself in the heart of God.

May faith be the torch which illuminates, animates, and sustains you.

Let us begin in earnest to work out our salvation, for no one will do it for us, since even He Himself, Who made us without ourselves, will not save us without ourselves.

But above all preserve peace of heart. This is more valuable than any treasure.

Do not distress yourself on account of any distaste or dryness you experience in God's service. He wills that you should serve Him fervently and constantly it is true, but without any other help than simple faith, and thus your love will be more disinterested, and your service the more pleasing to Him.

My greatest happiness is to be before the Blessed Sacrament, where my heart is, as it were, in Its center.