The greatest honor God can do a soul is not give it much; but to ask much of it.

In Heaven the good God will do all I wish, because I have never done my own will upon earth.

The guest of our soul knows our misery; He comes to find an empty tent within us - that is all He asks.

She is more Mother than Queen.

Prayer and sacrifice can touch souls better than words.

In spite of this trial, which takes all enjoyment from me, I can never the less, cry out, 'Lord, you fill me with joy in all that you do. For is there a joy greater than to suffer for love?'

If all flowers wanted to be roses, nature would lose her springtime beauty and the fields would no longer be decked out with little wildflowers.