Be gentle and kind with every one, and severe with yourself.

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

The surest way to determine whether one possesses the love of God is to see whether he or she loves his or her neighbor. These two loves are never separated. Rest assured, the more you progress in love of neighbor the more your love of God will increase.

I am really much more afraid of those people who have so great a fear of the devil, than I am of the devil himself.

You ought to make every effort to free yourselves even from venial sin, and to do what is most perfect.

Let him never cease from prayer, who has once begun to pray, even though his life is ever so bad. For prayer is the only way to amend one's life and without prayer it will never be mended. Let him not be tempted of the devil, as I was, to give up prayer on account of one's unworthiness. Let such a one rather believe that if he will only repent and pray, our Lord will still hear and answer.

Mental prayer is nothing else but being on terms of friendship with God, frequently conversing in secret with Him.