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

[On her father:] ... in losing him I lost my greatest blessing and comfort, for he was always that to me.

We may speak of love and humility as the true flowers of spiritual growth; and they give off a wonderful scent, which benefits all those who come near.

To argue over who is the more noble is nothing more than to dispute whether dirt is better for making bricks or for making mortar.

In all created things discern the providence and wisdom of God, and in all things give Him thanks.

While the soul is in mortal sin, nothing can profit it; none of its good works merit an eternal reward, since they do not proceed from God as their first principle, and by Him alone is our virtue real virtue.

There is no affliction, trial, or labor difficult to endure, when we consider the torments and sufferings which Our Lord Jesus Christ endured for us.