Alas, O Lord, to what a state dost Thou bring those who love Thee!

Let there be no disappointment when obedience keeps you busy in outward tasks. If it sends you to the kitchen, remember that the Lord walks among the pots and pans.

If I should say anything that is not in conformity with what is held by the Holy Roman Catholic Church, it will be through ignorance and not through malice. This may be taken as certain, and also that, through God's goodness, I am, and shall always be, as I always have been, subject to her.

Blessed be He, Who came into the world for no other purpose than to suffer.

Jacob did not cease to be a Saint because he had to attend to his flocks.

God deliver me from people who are so spiritual that they want to turn everything into perfect contemplation, come what may.

All things must come to the soul from its roots, from where it is planted.