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

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

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

Patient endurance attends to all things.

After you die, you wear what you are.

It is here, my daughters, that love is to be found - not hidden away in corners but in the midst of occasions of sin. And believe me, although we may more often fail and commit small lapses, our gain will be incomparably the greater.

The most potent and acceptable prayer is the prayer that leaves the best effects. I don't mean it must immediately fill the soul with desire . . . The best effects are those that are followed up by actions-when the soul not only desires the honor of God, but really strives for it.