When we yield to discouragement it is usually because we give too much thought to the past and to the future.

Love is nourished only by sacrifices, and the more a soul refuses natural satisfactions, the stronger and more disinterested becomes her tenderness.

Perfection consists in doing His will, in being that which He wants us to be.

It is my weakness that gives me all my strength.

At last there dawned the most beautiful day of all the days of my life. How perfectly I remember even the smallest details of those sacred hours! The joyful awakening, the reverent and tender embraces of my mistresses and older companions, the room filled with white frocks, like so many snowflakes, where each child was dressed in turn.

The great majority of men use their own short-sighted ideas as a yardstick for measuring the divine omnipotence.

God would never inspire me with desires which cannot be realized; so in spite of my littleness, I can hope to be a saint.