God deliver me from people who are so spiritual that they want to turn everything into perfect contemplation, come what may.

If Christ Jesus dwells in a man as his friend and noble leader, that man can endure all things, for Christ helps and strengthens us and never abandons us. He is a true friend.

However much we do to avoid them, we shall never lack crosses in this life if we are in the ranks of the Crucified.

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

True love grows by sacrifice and the more thoroughly the soul rejects natural satisfaction the stronger and more detached its tenderness becomes.

Let nothing disturb you. Let nothing frighten you. Everything passes away except God. God alone is sufficient.

Those who give themselves to prayer should in a special manner have always a devotion to St. Joseph; for I know not how any man can think of the Queen of the angels, during the time that she suffered so much with the Infant Jesus, without giving thanks to St. Joseph for the services he rendered them then.