That is how His Majesty [the Lord] rewards our good works---I mean, by predisposing us to perform better ones.

To wish to act like angels while we are still in this world is nothing but folly.

Before prayer, endeavour to realise Whose Presence you are approaching and to Whom you are about to speak, keeping in mind Whom you are addressing. If our lives were a thousand times as long as they are we should never fully understand how we ought to behave towards God, before Whom the very Angels tremble, Who can do all He wills, and with Whom to wish is to accomplish.

It is a great folly to be willing to violate the friendship of God, rather than the law of human friendship.

In a state of grace, the soul is like a well of limpid water, from which flow only streams of clearest crystal. Its works are pleasing both to God and man, rising from the River of Life, beside which it is rooted like a tree.

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

It is certain that the love of God does not consist in this sweetness and tenderness which we for the most part desire; but rather in serving Him in justice, fortitude, and humility. His Majesty seeks and loves courageous souls.