Be not miserable about what may happen tomorrow. The same everlasting Father, who cares for you today, will care for you tomorrow.

Since God often sends us inspirations by means of His angels, we should frequently return our aspirations to him by means of the same messengers.

Half an hour's meditation each day is essential, except when you are busy. Then a full hour is needed.

It is right that you should begin again every day. There is no better way to complete the spiritual life than to be ever beginning it over again.

I have made a pact with my tongue, not to speak when my heart is disturbed.

Consider the pains which martyrs have endured, and think how even now many people are bearing afflictions beyond all measure greater than yours, and say, "Of a truth my trouble is comfort, my torments are but roses as compared to those whose life is a continual death, without solace, or aid or consolation, borne down with a weight of grief tenfold greater than mine."

Flowers often grow more beautifully on dung-hills than in gardens that look beautifully kept.