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.

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

He who feels that the vice of avarice has got hold of him, should not wish to observe fasts of supererogation, but to give alms.

He who is unable to spend a long time together in prayer, should often lift up his mind to God by short prayers.

We must not trust in ourselves, but take the advice of our spiritual father, and recommend ourselves to everybodys prayers.

The Lord grants in a moment what we may have been unable to obtain in dozens of years.

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