“If I love, there will be no hell for me.”

“Put your heart aside. Duty comes first. But when fulfilling your duty, put your heart into it. It helps.”

“Compromise is a word found only in the vocabulary of those who have no will to fight.”

“You were very hurt at being slighted. That means you are forgetting too easily who you are.”

“The enemy: Will you obey... even in this 'ridiculous' little detail? You, with God's grace: I will obey... even in this 'heroic' little detail.”

“Blaze a trail!”

“I had not yet fallen in love, but I was in love with the idea of it, and this feeling that something was missing around me made me despise myself for not being more anxious to satisfy the need. I began to look around for some object for my love, since I badly wanted to love something. I had no liking for the safe path without pitfalls, for although my real need was for you, my God, who are the food of the soul, I was not aware of this hunger.”