Anyone who has the habit of speaking before God's majesty as if he were speaking to a slave, careless about how he is speaking, and saying whatever comes into his head and whatever he's learned from saying prayers at other times, in my opinion is not praying. Please, God, may no Christian pray in this way.

I would never want any prayer that would not make the virtues grow within me.

It is here, my daughters, that love is to be found - not hidden away in corners but in the midst of occasions of sin. And believe me, although we may more often fail and commit small lapses, our gain will be incomparably the greater.

Lord, how you afflict your lovers! But everything is small in comparison to what you give them afterwards.

Life is a night spent in an uncomfortable inn.

Let us live in such a way as not to be afraid to die.

In all created things discern the providence and wisdom of God, and in all things give Him thanks.