It is of great importance, when we begin to practise prayer, not to let ourselves be frightened by our own thoughts.

The feeling remains that God is on the journey, too.

Those seeking the life of the spirit should be cheerful and free, and not neglect recreation. Married people must act in conformity with their vocation--but their progress will of necessity be but the pace of a hen.

His Majesty [the Lord] . . . rewards great services with trials, and there can be no better reward, for out of trials springs love for God.

Patience obtains everything.

Everything seems to me to pass so quickly that we must concentrate on how to die rather than on how to live. How sweet it is to die if one has lived on the Cross with Christ.

Mental prayer is nothing else but being on terms of friendship with God, frequently conversing in secret with Him.