We always find that those who walked closest to Christ were those who had to bear the greatest trials.

[On her father:] ... in losing him I lost my greatest blessing and comfort, for he was always that to me.

Every part of the journey is of importance to the whole.

Mental prayer is nothing else but being on terms of friendship with God, frequently conversing in secret with Him.

The true penance comes when God takes away the soul's health and strength for doing penance. Even though I have mentioned elsewhere the great pain this lack causes, the pain is much more intense here. All these things must come to the soul from its roots, from where it is planted.

What a miserable life is this! There is no happiness that is secure and nothing that does not change.

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