Do not think you have gained a virtue unless you have first been tried by its opposite.
We can only learn to know ourselves and do what we can - namely, surrender our will and fulfill God's will in us.
Every part of the journey is of importance to the whole.
It is a dangerous thing to be satisfied with ourselves.
However softly we speak, God is near enough to hear us.
Those seeking the life of the spirit should be cheerful and free, and not neglect recreation. Married people must act in conformity with their vocation--but their progress will of necessity be but the pace of a hen.