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

From heaven even the most miserable life will look like one bad night at an inconvenient hotel.

Let nothing Disturb you, Let nothing frighten you, Though all things pass, God does not change. Patience wins all things. But he lacks nothing who possesses God; For God alone suffices.

That is how His Majesty [the Lord] rewards our good works---I mean, by predisposing us to perform better ones.

People in the world pay little heed to reason where their own interests are involved.

Let us live in such a way as not to be afraid to die.

To wish to act like angels while we are still in this world is nothing but folly.