Remain tranquil and prepare to bear still greater trials. All is not lost even though you be troubled oftener or tempted more grievously. You are a man, not God. You are flesh, not an angel. How can you possibly expect to remain always in the same state of virtue when the angels in heaven and the first man in paradise failed to do so? I am He who rescues the afflicted and brings to My divinity those who know their own weakness.

The Lord has many lovers of His crown but few lovers of His Cross.

Count not thyself to have found true peace, if thou hast felt no grief; nor that then all is well if thou hast no adversary; nor that this is perfect, if all things fall out according to thy desire.

Love alone makes heavy burdens light and bears in equal balance things pleasing and displeasing. Love bears a heavy burden and does not feel it, and love makes bitter things tasteful and sweet.

If thou canst not make thyself such an one as thou wouldst, how canst thou expect to have another in all things to thy liking?

A lover of Jesus and of the truth can lift himself above himself in spirit.

He that seeks here any other thing but simply God and the salvation of his soul, will find nothing but trouble and sorrow.