It will be as well, I think, to explain these locutions of God, and to describe what the soul feels when it receives them.

When we accept what happens to us and make the best of it, we are praising God.

It is true that we cannot be free from sin, but at least let our sins not always be the same.

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

God, deliver me from sullen saints.

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

God is even kinder than you think.