To argue over who is the more noble is nothing more than to dispute whether dirt is better for making bricks or for making mortar.

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

For prayer is nothing else than being on terms of friendship with God.

There are more tears shed over answered prayers than over unanswered prayers.

May I not come before You with empty hands, since we are rewarded according to our deeds.

In the presence of Jesus in the Holy Sacrament we ought to be like the Blessed in heaven before the Divine Essence

While the soul is in mortal sin, nothing can profit it; none of its good works merit an eternal reward, since they do not proceed from God as their first principle, and by Him alone is our virtue real virtue.