Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.

Much more is accomplished by a single word of the Our Father said, now and then, from our heart, than by the whole prayer repeated many times in haste and without attention.

If this is the way You treat Your friends, no wonder You have so few!

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

Jacob did not cease to be a Saint because he had to attend to his flocks.

Contemplative prayer [oración mental] in my opinion is nothing else than a close sharing between friends; it means taking time frequently to be alone with him who we know loves us.

I had a father and mother, who were devout and feared God. Our Lord also helped me with His grace. All this would have been enough to make me good, if I had not been so wicked.