To take no account of oneself, but always to think well and highly of others is the highest wisdom and perfection.

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.

If thou art willing to suffer no adversity, how wilt thou be the friend of Christ?

It is much safer to obey than to rule.

Let all your thoughts be with the Most High, and direct your humble prayers unceasingly to Christ. If you cannot contemplate high and heavenly things, take refuge in the Passion of Christ, and love to dwell within His Sacred Wounds. For if you devoutly seek the Wounds of Jesus and the precious marks of His Passion, you will find great strength in all troubles.

To say that I am made in the image of God is to say that love is the reason for my existence, for God is love.

It is no little wisdom for you to keep yourself in silence and in good peace when evil words are spoken to you, and to turn your heart to God and not to be troubled with the judgment of others.