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

Humility must always be doing its work like a bee making honey in the hive: without humility all will be lost.

To reach something good it is very useful to have gone astray, and thus acquire experience.

God prefers your health, and your obedience, to your penance.

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.

There seem to me a great many blessings which come from true poverty and I should be sorry to be deprived of them.

Let nothing Disturb you, Let nothing frighten you, Though all things pass, God does not change. Patience wins all things. But he lacks nothing who possesses God; For God alone suffices.