Go courageously to God, along the way He has traced out for you, steadfastly embracing the means He offers you..

O my Saviour, who am I, that Thou shouldst have so long awaited my repentance!.

Do nothing through human respect and, when it assails you, say: I shall do neither more nor less for the eyes of creatures. O my God, since I wish to….

One just soul can attain pardon for a thousand sinners..

He will take good care to provide what is necessary for our sanctification, provided we are careful to accept everything according to His designs..

I think He intends to try you like gold in the crucible, so as to number you amongst His most faithful servants. Therefore you must lovingly embrace ….

Cling to God, and leave all the rest to Him: He will not let you perish. Your soul is very dear to Him, He wishes to save it..

Until we have acquired genuine prayer, we are like people teaching children to begin to walk..

Crosses, contempt, sorrows and afflictions are the real treasures of the lovers of Jesus Christ crucified.

Do not distress yourself on account of any distaste or dryness you experience in God's service. He wills that you should serve Him fervently and cons….

I need nothing but God, and to lose myself in the heart of God..

May faith be the torch which illuminates, animates, and sustains you..

Look upon yourself as a tree planted beside the water, which bears its fruit in due season; the more it is shaken by the wind, the deeper it strikes ….

The heaviest of my crosses was that I could do nothing to lighten the cross my mother was suffering..

But above all preserve peace of heart. This is more valuable than any treasure..

Are you making no progress in prayer? Then you need only offer God the prayers which the Savior has poured out for us in the sacrament of the altar. ….

Keep your heart in peace and let nothing trouble you, not even your faults. You must humble yourself and amend them peacefully, without being discour….

The cross is a precious treasure to be kept secret, lest we be robbed of it..

Have recourse trustfully to Gods loving kindness and He will not forsake you, for He longs to bestow His graces. Though you may have had the misfortu….

It is attachment to creatures and to self-satisfaction that weakens the blessings of love in your heart. You must die to all that, if you wish the pu….

Since God wishes it - there is nothing to be done. . . Why should you thus torment yourself? Get rid of whatever He shows you to be an obstacle to Hi….