I know the power obedience has of making things easy which seem impossible.

O my God, what must a soul be like when it is in this state! It longs to be all one tongue with which to praise the Lord. It utters a thousand pious follies, in a continuous endeavor to please Him who thus possesses it.

It is of great importance, when we begin to practise prayer, not to let ourselves be frightened by our own thoughts.

It is true that we cannot be free from sin, but at least let our sins not always be the same.

Christ has no body now on earth but yours.

The hour I have long wished for is now come.

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.