Occupation: Saint Birth: January 2, 1873 Death: September 30, 1897
When one loves, one does not calculate..
Jesus, help me to simplify my life by learning what you want me to be and becoming that person..
Holiness consists simply in doing God's will, and being just what God wants us to be..
Prayer is an aspiration of the heart, it is a simple glance directed to heaven, it is a cry of gratitude and love in the midst of trail as well as jo….
My vocation, at last I have found it; my vocation is love..
When we yield to discouragement it is usually because we give too much thought to the past and to the future..
Jesus does not demand great actions from us, but simply surrender and gratitude..
Remember that nothing is small in the eyes of God. Do all that you do with love..
The value of life does not depend upon the place we occupy. It depends upon the way we occupy that place..
If every tiny flower wanted to be a rose, spring would lose its loveliness..
Miss no single opportunity of making some small sacrifice, here by a smiling look, there by a kindly word; always doing the smallest right and doing ….
Let us love, since our heart is made for nothing else..
Everything is a grace, everything is the direct effect of our Father's love - difficulties, contradictions, humiliations, all the soul's miseries, he….
Perfect love means putting up with other peoples shortcomings, feeling no surprise at their weaknesses, finding encouragement even in the slightest e….
Prayer and sacrifice can touch souls better than words..
You cannot be half a saint; you must be a whole saint or no saint at all..
Each small task of everyday life is part of the total harmony of the universe..
Why should we defend ourselves when we are misunderstood and misjudged? Let us leave that aside. Let us not say anything. It is so sweet to let other….
I understood that every flower created by Him is beautiful, that the brilliance of the rose and the whiteness of the lily do not lessen the perfume o….
He does not call those who are worthy, but those whom He wills..
You know well that Our Lord does not look so much at the greatness of our actions, nor even at their difficulty, as at the love with which we do them..