He who wishes for goods will never have devotion.

The man who loves God with a true heart, and prizes him above all things, sometimes sheds floods of tears at prayer, and has in abundance of favours and spiritual feelings coming upon him with such vehemence, that he is forced to cry out, "Lord! let me be quiet!

It is easy to infuse a most fervent devotion into others, even in a short time; but the great matter is - to persevere.

In this life there is no purgatory; it is either hell or paradise; for to him who serves God truly, every trouble and infirmity turns into consolations, and through all kinds of trouble he has a paradise within himself even in this world: and he who does not serve God truly, and gives himself up to sensuality, has one hell in this world, and another in the next.

To be without pity for other mens falls, is an evident sign that we shall fall ourselves shortly.

To acquire and preserve the virtue of chastity, we have need of a good and experienced confessor.

Let us be humble and keep ourselves down: - Obedience! Humility! Detachment!