I realized that to become a saint one must suffer a great deal, always seek what is best, and forget oneself.

Love is a universe of its own, comprising all time and space.

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

Never stop wanting for your magic

Sufferings gladly borne for others convert more people than sermons.

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

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.