We should blush for shame to show so much resentment at what is done or said against us, knowing that so many injuries and affronts have been offered to our Redeemer and the saints.

A slight failing in one virtue is enough to put all the others to sleep.

True perfection consists in the love of God and our neighbour, and the better we keep both these commandments, the more perfect we shall be.

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.

Pain is never permanent.

The important thing is not to think much but to love much; do, then, whatever most arouses you to love.

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