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

If a little flower could speak, it seems to me that it would tell us quite simply all that God has done for it, without hiding any of its gifts. It would not, under the pretext of humility, say that it was not pretty, or that it had not a sweet scent, that the sun had withered its petals,or the storm bruised its stem, if it knew that such were not the case.

My soul experienced a peace so sweet, so deep, it would be impossible to express it.

Each small task of everyday life is part of the total harmony of the universe.

A word or a smile is often enough to put fresh life in a despondent soul.

My whole strength lies in prayer and sacrifice, these are my invincible arms; they can move hearts far better than words, I know it by experience.

It is my weakness that gives me all my strength.