All wars are civil wars, because all men are brothers..

How rare it is to find a soul quiet enough to hear God speak..

The more perfect we are, the more gentle and quiet we become toward the defects of other people..

People who have no secrets from each other never want for a subject of conversation. They do not weigh their words, for there is nothing to be held b….

True prayer is only another name for the love of God. Its excellence does not consist in the multitude of our words; for our Father knoweth what thin….

God bears with imperfect beings even when they resist His goodness. We ought to imitate this merciful patience and endurance. It is only imperfection….

Make this simple rule the guide of your life: to have no will but God's..

Carefully purify your conscience from daily faults; suffer no sin to dwell in your heart; small as it may seem, it obscures the light of grace, weigh….

The more you say, the less people remember..

You can often help others more by correcting your own faults than theirs. Remember, and you should, because of your own experience, that allowing God….

The wind of God is always blowing... but you must hoist your sail..

There is nothing that is more dangerous to your own salvation, more unworthy of God and more harmful to your own happiness, than that you should be c….

So long as we are full of self we are shocked at the faults of others. Let us think often of our own sin, and we shall be lenient to the sins of othe….

Time spent in prayer is never wasted..

The greatest of all crosses is self. If we die in part every day, we shall have but little to do on the last. These little daily deaths will destroy ….

That love of self, which the world advocates, is a thousand times more dangerous than any poison..

Let gratitude for the past inspire us with trust for the future..

Discouragement is simply the despair of wounded self-love..

How can you expect God to speak in that gentle and inward voice which melts the soul, when you are making so much noise with your rapid reflections? ….

No more restless uncertainties, no more anxious desires, no more impatience at the place we are in; for it is God who has placed us there, and who ho….

A general rule for the good use of time is to accustom oneself to live in a continual dependence on the Spirit of God..