It is not so essential to think much as to love much.

We cannot be sure if we are loving God, although we may have good reasons for believing that we are, but we can know quite well if we are loving our neighbor. And be certain that, the farther advanced you find you are in this, the greater the love you will have for God.

I was living an extremely burdensome life, because every time I prayed, I became more clearly aware of my faults. On the one hand, God was calling me. On the other, I was following the way of the world. Doing what God wanted made me happy; but I felt bound by the things of this world.

I am really much more afraid of those people who have so great a fear of the devil, than I am of the devil himself.

It will be as well, I think, to explain these locutions of God, and to describe what the soul feels when it receives them.

For prayer is nothing else than being on terms of friendship with God.

If you seek to carry no other crosses but those whose reason you understand, perfection is not for you.