[On her father:] ... in losing him I lost my greatest blessing and comfort, for he was always that to me.

Any real ecstasy is a sign you are moving in the right direction.

Those who in fact risk all for God will find that they have both lost all and gained all.

A soul which gives itself to prayer, either much or little, should on no account be kept within narrow bounds.

To want to become angels while we are still on earth ... is ridiculous.

Much more is accomplished by a single word of the Our Father said, now and then, from our heart, than by the whole prayer repeated many times in haste and without attention.

However softly we speak, God is near enough to hear us.