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

A soul which gives itself to prayer, either much or little, should on no account be kept within narrow bounds.

It is a dangerous thing to be satisfied with ourselves.

You pay God a compliment by asking great things of Him.

We should blush for shame to show so much resentment at what is done or said against us, knowing that so many injuries and affronts have been offered to our Redeemer and the saints.

Do not think you have gained a virtue unless you have first been tried by its opposite.

Let us consider what the glorious Virgin endured, and what the holy apostles suffered, and we shall find that they who were nearest to Jesus Christ were the most afflicted.