To reach something good it is very useful to have gone astray, and thus acquire experience.

Hope, O my soul, hope. You know neither the day nor the hour.

Contemplative prayer [oración mental] in my opinion is nothing else than a close sharing between friends; it means taking time frequently to be alone with him who we know loves us.

It is here, my daughters, that love is to be found - not hidden away in corners but in the midst of occasions of sin. And believe me, although we may more often fail and commit small lapses, our gain will be incomparably the greater.

There was the torture of sermons, and that not a slight one, for I was very fond of them.

Let there be no disappointment when obedience keeps you busy in outward tasks. If it sends you to the kitchen, remember that the Lord walks among the pots and pans.

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