You pay God a compliment by asking great things of Him.

It is not a matter of thinking a great deal but of loving a great deal, so do whatever arouses you most to love.

I would never want any prayer that would not make the virtues grow within me.

It constantly happens that the Lord permits a soul to fall so that it may grow humbler.

I had a father and mother, who were devout and feared God. Our Lord also helped me with His grace. All this would have been enough to make me good, if I had not been so wicked.

I am afraid that if we begin to put our trust in human help, some of our Divine help will fail us.

Everything seems to me to pass so quickly that we must concentrate on how to die rather than on how to live. How sweet it is to die if one has lived on the Cross with Christ.