His Majesty [the Lord] . . . rewards great services with trials, and there can be no better reward, for out of trials springs love for God.

There are more tears shed over answered prayers than over unanswered prayers.

To converse with You, O King of glory, no third person is needed, You are always ready in the Sacrament of the Altar to give audience to all. All who desire You always find You there, and converse with You face to face

This body of ours has one fault: the more you indulge it, the more things it discovers to be essential to it. It is extraordinary how it likes being indulged.

All things pass... Patience attains all it strives for.

If God should desire to raise us to the position of one who is an intimate and shares his secrets, we ought to accept this gladly.

It is a dangerous thing to be satisfied with ourselves.