The greatness of our love of God must be tested by the desire we have of suffering for His love.

Do not grieve over the temptations you suffer. When the Lord intends to bestow a particular virtue on us, He often permits us first to be tempted by the opposite vice. Therefore, look upon every temptation as an invitation to grow in a particular virtue and a promise by God that you will be successful, if only you stand fast.

Obedience is the true holocaust which we sacrifice to God on the altar of our hearts.

He who wishes for goods will never have devotion.

There is nothing the devil fears so much, or so much tries to hinder, as prayer.

He who always acts under obedience may be assured that he will not have to give an account of his actions to God.

We are not saints yet, but we, too, should beware. Uprightness and virtue do have their rewards, in self-respect and in respect from others, and it is easy to find ourselves aiming for the result rather than the cause. Let us aim for joy, rather than respectability. Let us make fools of ourselves from time to time, and thus see ourselves, for a moment, as the all-wise God sees us.