The spirit cannot endure the body when overfed, but, if underfed, the body cannot endure the spirit.

One single day of devotion is worth more than a thousand years of worldly life.

Great occasions for serving God come seldom, but little ones surround us daily.

Let us run to Mary, and, as her little children, cast ourselves into her arms with a perfect confidence.

Have patience with all things - but first with yourself. Never confuse your mistakes with your value as a human being. You are perfectly valuable, creative, worthwhile person simply because you exist. And no amount of triumphs or tribulations can ever change that.

To lose ourselves in God is simply to give up our own will to Him. When a soul can truly say Lord I have no other will than Thine it is truly lost in God and united to Him.

Let is walk ... joyously, dear souls, among the difficulties of this passing life ... These pains will have an end when our life ends, after which there will be only joy, only contentment, only eternal consolation.