From moment to moment one can bear much.

Never do anything which you could not do in the sight of all.

It is the nature of love to work in a thousand different ways.

My good works, however wretched and imperfect, have been made better and perfected by Him Who is my Lord: He has rendered them meritorious. As to my evil deeds and my sins, He hid them at once. The eyes of those who saw them, He made even blind; and He has blotted them out of their memory.

With all this wide and beautiful creation before me, the restless soul longs to enjoy its liberty and rest beyond its bound.

May I not come before You with empty hands, since we are rewarded according to our deeds.

I often thought my constitution would never endure the work I had to do, (but) the Lord said to me: 'Daughter, obedience gives strength.'