What friends or kindred can be so close and intimate as the powers of our soul, which, whether we will or no, must ever bear us company?

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.

I am really much more afraid of those people who have so great a fear of the devil, than I am of the devil himself.

Trust God that you are exactly where you are meant to be.

Do you think it is only a little thing to possess a house from which lovely things can be seen?

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

Prayer is an act of love; words are not needed. Even if sickness distracts from thoughts, all that is needed is the will to love.