“Many would be willing to have afflictions provided that they not be inconvenienced by them.”

“Let us make our way through these low valleys of the humble and little virtues. We shall see in them the roses amid the thorns, charity that shows its beauty among interior and exterior afflictions, the lilies of purity.”

“There are two sorts of good wills. The one says, "I would do well, but it gives me trouble, and I will not do it." The other, "I wish to do well, but I have not as much power as I have will; it is this which holds me back." The first fills Hell, the second Paradise.”

“Everybody finds themselves sometimes deficient in what they need, and put to inconvenience ... the richest people may easily be without something they want, and that is practically to suffer poverty. Accept such occurrences cheerfully, rejoice in them, bear them willingly.”

“Grace is never wanting. God always gives sufficient grace to whoever is willing to receive it.”

“When human aid fails us, all is not wanting; for God takes over and takes care of us by His special Providence.”

“He would never exhort the faithful to persevere if he were not ready to give them the power to do so.”