Half-instructed confessors have done my soul great harm; for I could not always have such learned ones as I would have desired. They certainly did not wish to deceive me, but the fact was that they knew no better. Of something which was a venial sin, they said it was no sin, and out of a very grave mortal sin they made a venial sin. This has done me such harm, that my speaking here of so great an evil, as a warning to others, will be readily understood.

Those who in fact risk all for God will find that they have both lost all and gained all.

Any real ecstasy is a sign you are moving in the right direction.

Do you know when people really become spiritual? It is when they become the slaves of God and are branded with His sign, which is the sign of the Cross, in token that they have given Him their freedom.

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.

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

The closer one approaches to God, the simpler one becomes.