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

We need no wings to go in search of Him, but have only to look upon Him present within us.

Learn to self-conquest, persevere thus for a time, and you will perceive very clearly the advantage which you gain from it. As soon you apply yourself to orison, you will at once feel your senses gather themselves together: they seem like bees which return to the hive and there shut themselves up to work at the making of honey. At the first call of the will, they come back more and more quickly. At last, after countless exercises, of this kind, God disposes them to a state of utter rest and of perfect contemplation.

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.

The important thing is not to think much but to love much; do, then, whatever most arouses you to love.

What value is there in faith without works? And what are they worth if they are not united to the merits of Jesus Christ, our only good?

We should blush for shame to show so much resentment at what is done or said against us, knowing that so many injuries and affronts have been offered to our Redeemer and the saints.