The saints rejoiced at injuries and persecutions, because in forgiving them they had something to present to God when they prayed to Him.

Out of suffering comes the serious mind; out of salvation, the grateful heart; out of endurance, fortitude; out of deliverance faith. Patient endurance attends to all things.

Let nothing disturb thee; Let nothing dismay thee; All things pass; God never changes. Patience attains All that it strives for.

It will be as well, I think, to explain these locutions of God, and to describe what the soul feels when it receives them.

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

Do you think it is only a little thing to possess a house from which lovely things can be seen?

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