Jacob did not cease to be a Saint because he had to attend to his flocks.

Patience attains All that it strives for. He who has God Finds he lacks nothing: God alone suffices.

What a great favor God does to those He places in the company of good people!

If I should say anything that is not in conformity with what is held by the Holy Roman Catholic Church, it will be through ignorance and not through malice. This may be taken as certain, and also that, through God's goodness, I am, and shall always be, as I always have been, subject to her.

Her heart is full of joy with love, for in the Lord her mind is stilled. She has renounced every selfish attachment and draws abiding joy and strength from the One within. She lives not for herself, but lives to serve the Lord of Love in all, and swims across the sea of life breasting its rough waves joyfully.

All things must come to the soul from its roots, from where it is planted.

To wish to act like angels while we are still in this world is nothing but folly.