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

There seem to me a great many blessings which come from true poverty and I should be sorry to be deprived of them.

God has no hands or feet or voice except ours and through these He works.

I am quite sure I am more afraid of people who are themselves terrified of the devil than I am of the devil himself.

We shall never learn to know ourselves except by endeavoring to know God; for, beholding His greatness we realize our own littleness; His purity shows us our foulness; and by meditating upon His humility we find how very far we are from being humble.

If you fall sometimes, you must not be discouraged.

What peace can we hope to find elsewhere if we have none within us