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

Let nothing disturb thee; Let nothing dismay thee; All things pass; God never changes. Patience attains All that it strives for.

They deceive themselves who believe that union with God consists in ecstasies or raptures, and in the enjoyment of Him. For it consists in nothing except the surrender and subjection of our will - with our thoughts, words and actions - to the will of God.

The devil put before me that I could not endure the trials of the religious life, because of my delicate nurture. I defended myself against him by alleging the trials which Christ endured, and that it was not much for me to suffer something for His sake; besides, He would help me to bear it.

No one should think or say anything of another which he would not wish thought or said of himself.

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

To wish to act like angels while we are still in this world is nothing but folly.