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.

For every great temptation there will be many small ones. Wolves and bears are more dangerous than flies, but we are bothered most by flies.

Let us be what God likes, so long as we are His, and let us not be what we want to be, if it is against his intention.

Have patience with all things, But, first of all with yourself.

During the night we must wait for the light.

It is not those who commit the least faults who are the most holy, but those who have the greatest courage, the greatest generosity, the greatest love, who make the boldest efforts to overcome themselves, and are not immediately apprehensive about tripping.

Those who pray from the heart do not think about the prayer they are saying, but about the God to whom they pray.