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

There is nothing more dangerous in the spiritual life, than to wish to rule ourselves after our own way of thinking.

The stench of impurity before God and the angels is so great, that no stench in the world can equal it.

They who have been exercised in the service of God for a long time, may in their prayers imagine all sorts of insults offered to them, such as blows, wounds, and the like, and so in order to imitate Christ by their charity, may accustom their hearts beforehand to forgive real injuries when they come.

Where there is no great mortification there is no great sanctity.

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

To preserve our cheerfulness amid sicknesses and troubles, is a sign of a right and good spirit.