He longs to give us a magnificent reward. He knows that suffering is the only means of preparing us to know Him as He knows Himself, and to become ourselves divine.

i can nourish myself on nothing but truth

A heart given to God loses none of its natural tenderness; on the contrary, the more pure and divine it becomes, the more such tenderness increases.

Trials help us detach ourselves from the earth; they make us look higher than this world.

I realized that to become a saint one must suffer a great deal, always seek what is best, and forget oneself.

Love needs to be proved by action.

How can the good God Who loves us so much, be happy when we suffer? Never does our suffering make Him happy; but it is necessary for us, and so He sends it to us while, as it were, turning away His Face. . . I assure you that it costs Him dearly to fill us with bitterness.