There is more security in self-denial, mortification, and other like virtues, than in an abundance of tears.

There is no affliction, trial, or labor difficult to endure, when we consider the torments and sufferings which Our Lord Jesus Christ endured for us.

All things must come to the soul from its roots, from where it is planted.

True love grows by sacrifice and the more thoroughly the soul rejects natural satisfaction the stronger and more detached its tenderness becomes.

It is only mercenaries who expect to be paid by the day.

Let there be no disappointment when obedience keeps you busy in outward tasks. If it sends you to the kitchen, remember that the Lord walks among the pots and pans.

Let us live in such a way as not to be afraid to die.