Birth: 1611 Death: February 12, 1691
Let us think often that our only business in this life is to please God. Perhaps all besides is but folly and vanity..
The end we ought to propose to ourselves is to become, in this life, the most perfect worshipers of God we can possibly be, as we hope to be through ….
We ought not to be weary of doing little things for the love of God, who regards not the greatness of the work, but the love with which it is perform….
If the vessel of our soul is still tossed with winds and storms, let us awake the Lord, who reposes in it, and He will quickly calm the sea..
Are we not rude and deserve blame, if we leave Him alone, to busy ourselves about trifles, which do not please Him and perhaps offend Him? 'Tis to be….
I did not pray for any relief, but I prayed for strength to suffer with courage, humility and love..
Emptiness is that which frees us from religiosity and leads us to true spirituality..
That we should feed and nourish our souls with high notions of GOD; which would yield us great joy in being devoted to Him..
Lord of all pots and pans and things make me a saint by getting meals and washing up the plates!.
It matters not to me what I do, or what I suffer, so long as I abide loveingly united to God's will - that is my whole business..
Let all our employment be to know God: the more one knows Him, the more one desires to know Him..
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….
Think often on God, by day, by night, in your business and even in your diversions. He is always near you and with you; leave him not alone..
Love sweetens pain; and when one loves God, one suffers for His sake with joy and courage..
To worship God is to admit that we are entirely contrary to Him, and that He is willing to make us like Himself..
I began to live as if there were no one save God and me in the world..
That we ought, once for all, heartily to put our whole trust in GOD, and make a total surrender of ourselves to Him, secure that He would not deceive….
If we knew how much He loves us, we should be always ready to receive equally and with indifference from His hand the sweet and the bitter; all would….
The greater perfection a soul aspires after, the more dependent it is upon Divine Grace..
Do not forget Him but think on Him often. Adore Him continually. Live and die with Him. This is the glorious work of a Christian; in a word, this is ….
That there needed neither art nor science for going to GOD, but only a heart resolutely determined to apply itself to nothing but Him, or for His sak….