Would to God that we might spend a single day really well!

Our own opinion of ourselves should be lower than that formed by others, for we have a better chance at our imperfections.

My God, Sweetness beyond words, make bitter all the carnal comfort that draws me from love of the eternal and lures me to its evil self by the sight of some delightful good in the present. Let it not overcome me, my God. Let not flesh and blood conquer me. Let not the world and its brief glory deceive me, nor the devil trip me by his craftiness. Give me courage to resist, patience to endure, and constancy to persevere. Give me the soothing unction of Your spirit rather than all the consolations of the world, and in place of carnal love, infuse into me the love of Your name.

If you want to learn something that will really help you, learn to see yourself as God sees you and not as you see yourself in the distorted mirror of your own self-importance.

Oh, how swiftly the glory of the world passes away!

Great tranquility of heart is his who cares for neither praise nor blame.

Dispose thyself to patience rather than to comfort, and to the bearing of the cross rather than to gladness.