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.

Silence does good to the soul.

If I did not simply live from one moment to another, it would be impossible for me to be patient, but I only look at the present, I forget the past, and I take good care not to forestall the future.

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

The country in which I live is not my native country, that lies elsewhere, and it must always be the center of my longings.

Above the clouds the sky is always blue.

I say nothing to him I love him