Untilled soil, however fertile it may be, will bear thistles and thorns; so it is with man's mind.

It is love alone that gives worth to all things.

When I took the habit, the Lord immediately showed me how He favours those who do violence to themselves in order to serve Him. No one saw what I endured... At the moment of my entrance into this new state I felt a joy so great that it has never failed me even to this day; and God converted the dryness of my soul into a very great tenderness.

Be kind to all and severe to thyself.

We know only that we are living in these bodies and have a vague idea, because we have heard it, and because our faith tells us so, that we possess souls. As to what good qualities there may be in our souls, or who dwells within them, or how precious they are, those are things which seldom consider and so we trouble little about carefully preserving the soul's beauty.

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

Never do anything which you could not do in the sight of all.