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.

Learn to self-conquest, persevere thus for a time, and you will perceive very clearly the advantage which you gain from it.

How often I failed in my duty to God, because I was not leaning on the strong pillar of prayer.

Do not be dismayed, daughters, at the number of things that you have to consider before setting out on this divine journey, which is the royal road to heaven. By taking this road we gain such precious treasures that it is no wonder if the cost seems to us a high one. The time will come when we shall realize that all we have paid has been nothing at all by comparison with the greatness of our prizes.

It is a great folly to be willing to violate the friendship of God, rather than the law of human friendship.

There is more value in a little study of humility and in a single act of it than in all the knowledge in the world.

If God should desire to raise us to the position of one who is an intimate and shares his secrets, we ought to accept this gladly.