I say the same of humility and of all the virtues; the wiles of the devil are terrible, he will run a thousand times round hell if by so doing he can make us believe that we have a single virtue which we have not. And he is right, for such ideas are very harmful, and such imaginary virtues, when they come from this source, are never unaccompanied by vainglory; just as those which God gives are free both from this and from pride.

God, deliver me from sullen saints.

Blessed be He, Who came into the world for no other purpose than to suffer.

Nothing is small if God accepts it.

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

How is it that there are not many who are led by sermons to forsake open sin? Do you know what I think? That is because preachers have too much worldly wisdom.

Accustom yourself continually to make many acts of love, for they enkindle and melt the soul.