I only wish I could write with both hands, so as not to forget one thing while I am saying another.

Prayer is a friendly conversation with the One we know loves us.

[Last words:] My Lord, it is time to move on. Well then, may your will be done. O my Lord and my Spouse, the hour that I have longed for has come. It is time to meet one another.

The hour I have long wished for is now come.

I was living an extremely burdensome life, because every time I prayed, I became more clearly aware of my faults. On the one hand, God was calling me. On the other, I was following the way of the world. Doing what God wanted made me happy; but I felt bound by the things of this world.

Oh, my Lord! How true it is that whoever works for you is paid in troubles! And what a precious price to those who love you if we understand its value.

There seem to me a great many blessings which come from true poverty and I should be sorry to be deprived of them.