The tree that is beside the running water is fresher and gives more fruit.

Pain is never permanent.

To want to become angels while we are still on earth ... is ridiculous.

I have often thought with wonder of the great goodness of God; and my soul has rejoiced in the contemplation of His great magnificence and mercy. May He be blessed for ever! For I see clearly that He has not omitted to reward me, even in this life, for every one of my good desires.

It is not so essential to think much as to love much.

The devil put before me that I could not endure the trials of the religious life, because of my delicate nurture. I defended myself against him by alleging the trials which Christ endured, and that it was not much for me to suffer something for His sake; besides, He would help me to bear it.

If we practice love of neighbor with great perfection, we will have done everything.