We must fear God out of love, not love Him out of fear.

If you would fall into any extreme, let it be on the side of gentleness. The human mind is so constructed that it resists rigor, and yields to softness.

Have patience to walk with short steps until you have wings to fly.

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

Every moment comes to us pregnant with a command from God, only to pass on and plunge into eternity, there to remain forever what we have made of it.

He prays well who is so absorbed with God that he does not know he is praying.

You learn to love by loving.