There is more value in a little study of humility and in a single act of it than in all the knowledge in the world.

The saints rejoiced at injuries and persecutions, because in forgiving them they had something to present to God when they prayed to Him.

There is more security in self-denial, mortification, and other like virtues, than in an abundance of tears.

I don't know what heavy penance could have come to mind that frequently I would not have gladly undertaken rather than recollect myself in the practice of prayer.

The soul of the just man is but a paradise, in which, God tells us, He takes His delight. What do you imagine, must that dwelling be in which a King so mighty, so wise, and so pure, containing in Himself all good, can delight to rest? Nothing can be compared to the great beauty and capabilities of a soul; however keen our intellects may be, they are as unable to comprehend them as to comprehend God, for, as He told us, He created us in his own image and likeness.

You pay God a compliment by asking great things of Him.

Humility, however deep it be, neither disquiets nor troubles nor disturbs the soul; it is accompanied by peace, joy and tranquillity.