Humility does not disturb or disquiet or agitate, however great it may be; it comes with peace, delight, and calm. . . . The pain of genuine humility doesn't agitate or afflict the soul; rather, this humility expands it and enables it to serve God more.

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

Lord, how you afflict your lovers! But everything is small in comparison to what you give them afterwards.

I am really much more afraid of those people who have so great a fear of the devil, than I am of the devil himself.

Never do anything which you could not do in the sight of all.

This body of ours has one fault: the more you indulge it, the more things it discovers to be essential to it. It is extraordinary how it likes being indulged.

How poor is the wisdom of men, and how uncertain their forecast!