Be as eager to break your own will as the thirsty stag is to drink of the refreshing waters.

I tell you that victory consists in conquering self. That is the greatest enemy.

Do you know why God subjects you to so many miseries? That He may bestow on you the riches of heaven.

Let us throw ourselves into the ocean of His goodness, where every failing will be canceled and anxiety turned into love.

As for me, I cannot understand how it is possible not to be always thinking of God.

Let everything in creation draw you to God. Refresh your mind with some innocent recreation and needful rest, if it were only to saunter through the garden or the fields, listening to the sermon preached by the flowers, the trees, the meadows, the sun, the sky, and the whole universe. You will find that they exhort you to love and praise God; that they excite you to extol the greatness of the Sovereign Architect Who has given them their being.

Make a bouquet of the sufferings of Jesus and carry it in the bosom of his soul.