It's true, I suffer a great deal-but do I suffer well? That is the question.

I am not afraid of a fight; I have to do my duty, come what may.

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

The value of life does not depend upon the place we occupy. It depends upon the way we occupy that place.

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.

You heard me, only Friend whom I love. To ravish my heart, you became man. You shed your blood, what a supreme mystery!... And you still live for me on the Altar. If I cannot see the brilliance of your Face Or hear your sweet voice, O my God, I can live by your grace, I can rest on your Sacred Heart!

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