Birth: 1611 Death: February 12, 1691
Let all our employment be to know GOD: the more one knows Him, the more one desires to know Him. And as knowledge is commonly the measure of love, th….
There is not in the world a kind of life more sweet and delightful, than that of a continual conversation with God; those only can comprehend it who ….
I have quitted all forms of devotion and set prayers but those to which my state obliges me. And I make it my business only to persevere in His holy ….
My God, since you are with me and since, by Your will, I must occupy myself with external things, please grant me the grace to remain with You, in Yo….
We ought to act with God in the greatest simplicity, speak to Him frankly and plainly, and implore His assistance in our affairs..
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….
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….
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 ….
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..
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….
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….
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….
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….
Loving God and loving one's neighbor are really the same thing..
And it is not necessary to have great things to do. I turn my little omelette in the pan for the love of God..
God always gave us light in our doubts, when we had no other design but to please Him..
Our only business is to love and delight ourselves in God..
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….
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….