Occupation: Writer Birth: March 7, 1675 Death: December 8, 1751
The soul, light as a feather, fluid as water, innocent as a child, responds to every movement of grace like a floating balloon..
Souls who can recognize God in the most trivial, the most grievous and the most mortifying things that happen to them in their lives, honor everythin….
If the work of our sanctification presents us with difficulties that appear insurmountable, it is because we do not look at it in the right way. In r….
God teaches the soul by pains and obstacles, not by ideas..
There is not a moment in which God does not present Himself under the cover of some pain to be endured, of some consolation to be enjoyed, or of some….
Those who have abandoned themselves to God always lead mysterious lives and receive from him exceptional and miraculous gifts by means of the most or….
The present moment holds infinite riches beyond your wildest dreams..
We must offer ourselves to God like a clean, smooth canvas and not worry ourselves about what God may choose to paint on it, but at each moment, feel….
God instructs the heart, not by ideas but by pains and contradictions..
When you happen to be entirely unoccupied with created things so that you seem to be thinking of nothing and desiring nothing, you should know that t….
You would be very ashamed if you knew what the experiences you call setbacks, upheavals, pointless disturbances, and tedious annoyances really are. Y….
The present moment is always full of infinite treasure. It contains far more than you can possibly grasp. Faith is the measure of its riches: what yo….
All simple souls must admire and respect one another, saying: 'Let us proceed each one along our path to the same goal, united in purpose and by mean….
There is no peace more wonderful than the peace we enjoy when faith shows us God in all created things..
To love God in great things is not so perfect an act of faith as to worship them in small ones..
In the shadow of death he produces life, and though the senses are terrified, faith taking all for the best, is full of courage and assurance..
The books the Holy Spirit is writing are living, and every soul a volume in which the divine author makes a true revelation of his word, explaining i….
What God arranges for us to experience at each moment is the best and holiest thing that could happen to us..
If we wish to quench our thirst, we must lay aside books which explain thirst and take a drink..
All created things are living in the Hand of God. The senses see only the action of the creatures; but faith sees in everything the action of God..
God makes all chosen souls pass through a fearful time of poverty, misery, and nothingness. He desires to destroy in them gradually all the help and ….