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.

What peace can we hope to find elsewhere if we have none within us

The true penance comes when God takes away the soul's health and strength for doing penance. Even though I have mentioned elsewhere the great pain this lack causes, the pain is much more intense here. All these things must come to the soul from its roots, from where it is planted.

Don't let your sins turn into bad habits.

True perfection consists in the love of God and our neighbour, and the better we keep both these commandments, the more perfect we shall be.

It is a dangerous thing to be satisfied with ourselves.

God is even kinder than you think.