“We can only learn to know ourselves and do what we can - namely, surrender our will and fulfill God's will in us.”

“It is a great advantage for us to be able to consult someone who knows us, so that we may learn to know ourselves.”

“For though we know quite well that God is present in all that we do, our nature is such that it makes us lose sight of the fact; but when this favour is granted it can no longer do so, for the Lord, who is near at hand, awakens it. And even the favours aforementioned occur much more commonly, as the soul experiences a vivid and almost constant love for Him whom it sees or knows to be at its side.”

“Mental prayer is, as I see it, simply a friendly intercourse and frequent solitary conversation with Him who, as we know, loves us.”

“Let nothing perturb you, nothing frighten you. All things pass. God does not change. Patience achieves everything.”

“In light of heaven, the worst suffering on earth will be seen to be no more serious than one night in an inconvenient hotel.”

“Amor saca amor.”