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.

With all this wide and beautiful creation before me, the restless soul longs to enjoy its liberty and rest beyond its bound.

After you die, you wear what you are.

Desire to see God, be fearful of losing Him, and find joy in everything that can lead to Him. If you act in this way, you will always live in great peace.

It is not a matter of thinking a great deal but of loving a great deal, so do whatever arouses you most to love.

From silly devotions and from sour-faced saints, good Lord, deliver us.

To reach something good it is very useful to have gone astray, and thus acquire experience.