Whoever has God lacks nothing. God alone suffices.

If you fall sometimes, you must not be discouraged.

It is certain that the love of God does not consist in this sweetness and tenderness which we for the most part desire; but rather in serving Him in justice, fortitude, and humility. His Majesty seeks and loves courageous souls.

Souls who do not practice prayer are like people whose limbs are paralyzed.

[On her father:] ... in losing him I lost my greatest blessing and comfort, for he was always that to me.

Mental prayer is nothing else but being on terms of friendship with God, frequently conversing in secret with Him.

Do not be dismayed, daughters, at the number of things that you have to consider before setting out on this divine journey, which is the royal road to heaven. By taking this road we gain such precious treasures that it is no wonder if the cost seems to us a high one. The time will come when we shall realize that all we have paid has been nothing at all by comparison with the greatness of our prizes.