It is impossible for human tongue to exaggerate the riches which a vision from God brings to the soul: it even bestows health and refreshment on the body.

There was the torture of sermons, and that not a slight one, for I was very fond of them.

May God protect me from gloomy saints.

If God should desire to raise us to the position of one who is an intimate and shares his secrets, we ought to accept this gladly.

Whoever has God lacks nothing. God alone suffices.

The custom of speaking to God Almighty as freely as with a slave - caring nothing whether the words are suitable or not, but simply saying the first thing that comes to mind from being learnt by rote by frequent repetition - cannot be called prayer: God grant that no Christian may address Him in this manner.

While the soul is in mortal sin, nothing can profit it; none of its good works merit an eternal reward, since they do not proceed from God as their first principle, and by Him alone is our virtue real virtue.