We shall never learn to know ourselves except by endeavoring to know God; for, beholding His greatness we realize our own littleness; His purity shows us our foulness; and by meditating upon His humility we find how very far we are from being humble.

How friendly all men would be one with another, if no regard were paid to honour and money! I believe it would be a remedy for everything.

Christ has no body now but yours. No hands, no feet on earth but yours. Yours are the eyes through which he looks compassion on this world. Yours are the feet with which he walks to do good. Yours are the hands through which he blesses all the world. Yours are the hands, yours are the feet, yours are the eyes, you are his body. Christ has no body now on earth but yours.

I am afraid that if we begin to put our trust in human help, some of our Divine help will fail us.

Let nothing disturb you. Let nothing frighten you. Everything passes away except God. God alone is sufficient.

Whoever has not begun the practice of prayer, I beg for the love of the Lord not to go without so great a good. There is nothing here to fear but only something to desire.

Our body has this defect that, the more it is provided care and comforts, the more needs and desires it finds.