Patience, prayer and silence-these are what give strength to the soul.

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.

True love is measured by the thermometer of suffering.

Oh, if only the suffering soul knew how it is loved by God, it would die of joy and excess of happiness! Some day, we will know the value of suffering, but then we will no longer be able to suffer. The present moment is ours.

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.

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.

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