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.

Mental prayer is nothing else but being on terms of friendship with God, frequently conversing in secret with Him.

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.

Let thy words be few when in the midst of many.

Do not think you have gained a virtue unless you have first been tried by its opposite.

Patient endurance attends to all things.

May I not come before You with empty hands, since we are rewarded according to our deeds.