Our greatest gain is to lose the wealth that is of such brief duration and, by comparison with eternal things, of such little worth; yet we get upset about it and our gain turns to loss.

I thought of the soul as resembling a castle, formed of a single diamond or a very transparent crystal, and containing many rooms, just as in Heaven there are many mansions.

What a miserable life is this! There is no happiness that is secure and nothing that does not change.

Christ has no body now but mine. He prays in me, works in me, looks through my eyes, speaks through my words, works through my hands, walks with my feet and loves with my heart.

I have always had this failing - that I cannot explain myself, as I have said, except at the cost of many words.

Let nothing disturb you. Let nothing frighten you. Everything passes away except God. God alone is sufficient.

I often thought my constitution would never endure the work I had to do, (but) the Lord said to me: 'Daughter, obedience gives strength.'