Birth: 1611 Death: February 12, 1691
The time of business does not differ with me from the time of prayer; and in the noise and clatter of my kitchen, while several persons are at the sa….
I desire only Him and to be wholly His..
Men invent means and methods of coming at God''s love, they learn rules and set up devices to remind them of that love, and it seems like a world of ….
I have abandoned all particular forms of devotion, all prayer techniques. My only prayer practice is attention. I carry on a habitual, silent, and se….
Loving God and loving one's neighbor are really the same thing..
If I were to be responsible for guiding souls, I would urge everyone to be aware of God's constant presence, if for no other reason than His presence….
And it is not necessary to have great things to do. I turn my little omelette in the pan for the love of God..
It is not the greatness of the work which matters to God but the love with which it is done..
A little lifting of the heart suffices; a little remembrance of God, one act of inward worship are prayers which, however short, are nevertheless acc….
The more we know Him, the more we will desire to know Him. As love increases with knowledge, the more we know God, the more we will truly love Him. W….
If we are truly devoted to doing God's will, pain and pleasure won't make any difference to us..
Our only business is to love and delight ourselves in God..
Believe me, count as lost each day you have not used in loving God..
That we need only to recognize GOD intimately present with us, to address ourselves to Him every moment, that we may beg His assistance for knowing H….
GOD will not permit that a soul which desires to be devoted entirely to Him should take other pleasures than with Him: that is more than reasonable..
There is no sweeter manner of living in the world than continuous communion with God..
God as we ought to worship Him. God is Spirit, so we must worship Him in spirit and truth, that is, by a humble and true adoration of spirit in the d….
How happy we would be if we could find the treasure of which the Gospel speaks; all else would be as nothing. As it is boundless, the more you search….
One way to recollect the mind easily in the time of prayer, and preserve it more in tranquillity, is not to let it wander too far at other times. You….
God always gave us light in our doubts, when we had no other design but to please Him..
Having found in many books different methods of going to GOD, and divers practices of the spiritual life, I thought this would serve rather to puzzle….