I fully realize that this gratitude of mine is not in the least a sign of perfection: it must be my nature - I could be suborned with a sardine.

The life of the spirit is not our life, but the life of God within us.

We are always in the presence of God, yet it seems to me that those who pray are in His presence in a very different sense.

Let us consider what the glorious Virgin endured, and what the holy apostles suffered, and we shall find that they who were nearest to Jesus Christ were the most afflicted.

Let him never cease from prayer who has once begun it, be his life ever so wicked; for prayer is the way to amend it, and without prayer such amendment will be much more difficult.

From heaven even the most miserable life will look like one bad night at an inconvenient hotel.

Every part of the journey is of importance to the whole.