We cannot be sure if we are loving God, although we may have good reasons for believing that we are, but we can know quite well if we are loving our neighbor. And be certain that, the farther advanced you find you are in this, the greater the love you will have for God.

Blessed be He, Who came into the world for no other purpose than to suffer.

Patient endurance / Attaineth to all things.

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

One must not think that a person who is suffering is not praying. He is offering up his sufferings to God, and many a time he is praying much more truly than one who goes away by himself and meditates his head off, and, if he has squeezed out a few tears, thinks that is prayer.

I know the power obedience has of making things easy which seem impossible.

It is love alone that gives worth to all things.