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

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

Humility must always be doing its work like a bee making honey in the hive: without humility all will be lost.

Praised be the Lord, who has redeemed me from myself.

I say the same of humility and of all the virtues; the wiles of the devil are terrible, he will run a thousand times round hell if by so doing he can make us believe that we have a single virtue which we have not. And he is right, for such ideas are very harmful, and such imaginary virtues, when they come from this source, are never unaccompanied by vainglory; just as those which God gives are free both from this and from pride.

Mental prayer is nothing else but being on terms of friendship with God, frequently conversing in secret with Him.

Strive to close the eyes of the body and open those of the soul and look into your own heart.