In a state of grace, the soul is like a well of limpid water, from which flow only streams of clearest crystal. Its works are pleasing both to God and man, rising from the River of Life, beside which it is rooted like a tree.

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

We always find that those who walked closest to Christ were those who had to bear the greatest trials.

The life of prayer is just love to God, and the custom of being ever with Him.

The soul of the just man is but a paradise, in which, God tells us, He takes His delight. What do you imagine, must that dwelling be in which a King so mighty, so wise, and so pure, containing in Himself all good, can delight to rest? Nothing can be compared to the great beauty and capabilities of a soul; however keen our intellects may be, they are as unable to comprehend them as to comprehend God, for, as He told us, He created us in his own image and likeness.

There is more security in self-denial, mortification, and other like virtues, than in an abundance of tears.

Be gentle and kind with every one, and severe with yourself.