Why should you worry whether God wants you to reach the heavenly home by way of the desert or by the fields, when by the one as well as by the other one arrives all the same at a Blessed Eternity? Keep far from you excessive preoccupation which arises from the trials which the good God wishes to visit upon you.

Recommend me to the Lord and to the Virgin Mother because I am in extreme need of their help.

Ahead! Courage! In the spiritual life he who does not advance goes backward. It happens as with a boat which always must go ahead. If it stands still the wind will blow it back.

In the spiritual life, you must take one step forward each day in a vertical line, from the bottom up.

Jesus himself wants my sufferings; He needs them for souls.

Why fly like a hen when you can soar like an eagle?

Oh, how precious time is! Blessed are those who know how to make good use of it. Oh, if only all could understand how precious time is, undoubtedly everyone would do his best to spend it in a praiseworthy manner!