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 has told us, He created us in His own image and likeness.

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

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

Let nothing disturb you. Let nothing frighten you. Everything passes away except God. God alone is sufficient.

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.

For pity's sake, don't start meeting troubles halfway.

God never changes; Patient endurance Attains to all things; Who God possesses In nothing is wanting; Alone God suffices.