When I took the habit, the Lord immediately showed me how He favours those who do violence to themselves in order to serve Him. No one saw what I endured... At the moment of my entrance into this new state I felt a joy so great that it has never failed me even to this day; and God converted the dryness of my soul into a very great tenderness.

In light of heaven, the worst suffering on earth will be seen to be no more serious than one night in an inconvenient hotel.

In all created things discern the providence and wisdom of God, and in all things give Him thanks.

To have courage for whatever comes in life - everything lies in that.

With all this wide and beautiful creation before me, the restless soul longs to enjoy its liberty and rest beyond its bound.

What peace can we hope to find elsewhere if we have none within us

My good works, however wretched and imperfect, have been made better and perfected by Him Who is my Lord: He has rendered them meritorious. As to my evil deeds and my sins, He hid them at once. The eyes of those who saw them, He made even blind; and He has blotted them out of their memory.