I prefer to be accused unjustly, for then I have nothing to reproach myself with, and joyfully offer this to the good Lord. Then I humble myself at the thought that I am indeed capable of doing the thing of which I have been accused.

As the sun shines both on the cedar and the smallest flower, so the Divine sun illumines each soul.

What a joy to remember that she is our Mother! Since she loves us and knows our weakness, what have we to fear?

Everything is a grace, everything is the direct effect of our Father's love - difficulties, contradictions, humiliations, all the soul's miseries, her burdens, her needs - everything, because through them, she learns humility, realizes her weakness. Everything is a grace because everything is God's gift. Whatever be the character of life or its unexpected events - to the heart that loves, all is well.

I would prefer a thousand times to receive reproofs than to give them to others.

God has made me desire always what he most wants to give me.

Discouragement itself is a form of pride.