Our dependence upon God ought to be so entire and absolute that we should never think it necessary, in any kind of distress, to have recourse to human consolations.

Be thankful for the smallest blessing and you will deserve to receive greater. Value the least gifts no less than the greatest, and simple graces as especial favors. If you remember the dignity of the Giver, no gift will seem small or mean.

I can take credit for only two things: pride and sin.

He who loves with purity considers not the gift of the lover, but the love of the giver.

For man plans, but God arranges.

Carry the cross patiently, and with perfect submission; and in the end it shall carry you.

If you desire to know or learn anything to your advantage, then take delight in being unknown and unregarded. A true understanding and humble estimate of oneself is the highest and most valuable of all lessons.