Pure love ... knows that only one thing is needed to please God: to do even the smallest things out of great love - love, and always love.

I know well that the greater and more beautiful the work is, the more terrible will be the storms that rage against it.

Suffering is a great grace; through suffering the soul becomes like the Saviour; in suffering love becomes crystallised; the greater the suffering, the purer the love.

Do not bargain with any temptation; lock yourself immediately in My[Jesus] Heart and, at the first opportunity, reveal the temptation to the confessor.....Do not fear struggle; courage itself often intimidates temptations, and they dare not attack us.

A soul does not benefit from the sacrament of confession if it is not humble. Pride keeps it in darkness. The soul neither knows how, nor is it willing, to probe with precision the depths of its own misery. It puts on a mask and avoids everything that might bring it recovery.

My likeness to Jesus must be through suffering and humility.

The greatest misery does not stop Me from uniting Myself to a soul, but where there is pride, I am not there.