If the soul would know the merit which one acquires in temptations suffered in patience and conquered, it would be tempted to say: "Lord, send me temptations."

The Lord our King will hold the door of His heart open for anyone who wants to enter for an audience at any time

Your temptations are from the devil and from Hell; but your sufferings and afflictions are from God and Heaven.

Through the study of books one seeks God; by meditation one finds him.

The harm that comes to souls from the lack of reading holy books makes me shudder... What power spiritual reading has to lead to a change of course, and to make even worldly people enter into the way of perfection.

Only in Heaven will everything be as beautiful as spring, as pleasant as autumn, and as full of love as summer.

Be comforted with this divine thought that your spiritual and physical pains are the test of the Divine Will.