All the science of the Saints is included in these two things: To do, and to suffer. And whoever had done these two things best, has made himself most saintly.

God takes pleasure to see you take your little steps; and like a good father who holds his child by the hand, He will accommodate His steps to yours and will be content to go no faster than you. Why do you worry?

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

Consider all the past as nothing, and say, like David: Now I begin to love my God.

There is nothing as strong as tenderness, And nothing as tender as true strength.

Work hard every day at increasing your purity of heart, which consists in appraising things and weighing them in the balance of God's will.

God is present everywhere, and every person is His work.