I don't know what heavy penance could have come to mind that frequently I would not have gladly undertaken rather than recollect myself in the practice of prayer.

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

If we practice love of neighbor with great perfection, we will have done everything.

Teach by works more than words.

A soul which gives itself to prayer, either much or little, should on no account be kept within narrow bounds.

The soul of the just man is but a paradise, in which, God tells us, He takes His delight. What do you imagine, must that dwelling be in which a King so mighty, so wise, and so pure, containing in Himself all good, can delight to rest? Nothing can be compared to the great beauty and capabilities of a soul; however keen our intellects may be, they are as unable to comprehend them as to comprehend God, for, as He told us, He created us in his own image and likeness.

Anyone who truly loves God travels securely.