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

Suffering is a great favor. Remember that everything soon comes to an end . . . and take courage. Think of how our gain is eternal.

In light of heaven, the worst suffering on earth will be seen to be no more serious than one night in an inconvenient hotel.

We can only learn to know ourselves and do what we can - namely, surrender our will and fulfill God's will in us.

After you die, you wear what you are.

Hope, O my soul, hope. You know neither the day nor the hour.

We may think it humility not to realize that the Lord is bestowing gifts upon us. Let us understand very, very clearly, how this matter stands. God gives us these gifts for no merit of ours. Let us be grateful to His Majesty for them, for, unless we recognize that we are receiving them, we shall not be aroused to love Him. And it is a most certain thing that, if we remember all the time that we are poor, the richer we find ourselves, the greater will be the profit that comes to us and the more genuine our humility.