May God protect me from gloomy saints.

If God should desire to raise us to the position of one who is an intimate and shares his secrets, we ought to accept this gladly.

It is of great importance, when we begin to practise prayer, not to let ourselves be frightened by our own thoughts.

Teach by works more than words.

There seem to me a great many blessings which come from true poverty and I should be sorry to be deprived of them.

Holy church-that mother who is also a queen because she is a king's bride.

So dearly does His Majesty love us that He will reward our love for our neighbor by increasing the love which we bear to Himself, and that in a thousand ways.