It is of great importance, when we begin to practise prayer, not to let ourselves be frightened by our own thoughts.
Whoever has God lacks nothing. God alone suffices.
I am afraid that if we begin to put our trust in human help, some of our Divine help will fail us.
I only wish I could write with both hands, so as not to forget one thing while I am saying another.
How is it that we do not die of love in seeing that God Himself could do no more than shed His divine blood for us drop by drop? When as man He was preparing for death, He made Himself our food in order to give us life. God becomes food, bread for his creatures. Is this not enough to make us die of love?
Our body has this defect that, the more it is provided care and comforts, the more needs and desires it finds.
Mental prayer is nothing else but being on terms of friendship with God, frequently conversing in secret with Him.
Consider seriously how quickly people change, and how little trust is to be had in them; and hold fast to God, Who does not change.
Humility must always be doing its work like a bee making honey in the hive: without humility all will be lost.
I thought of the soul as resembling a castle, formed of a single diamond or a very transparent crystal, and containing many rooms, just as in Heaven there are many mansions.
Pain is never permanent.
Let nothing disturb thee; Let nothing dismay thee; All things pass; God never changes. Patience attains All that it strives for.
If Christ Jesus dwells in a man as his friend and noble leader, that man can endure all things, for Christ helps and strengthens us and never abandons us. He is a true friend.
Let us consider what the glorious Virgin endured, and what the holy apostles suffered, and we shall find that they who were nearest to Jesus Christ were the most afflicted.
Anyone who truly loves God travels securely.
Blessed be He, Who came into the world for no other purpose than to suffer.
The feeling remains that God is on the journey, too.
Untilled ground, however rich, will bring forth thistles and thorns; so also the mind of man.
If we plant a flower or a shrub and water it daily it will grow so tall that in time we shall need a spade and a hoe to uproot it. It is just so, I think, when we commit a fault, however small, each day, and do not cure ourselves of it.
Prayer is an act of love; words are not needed. Even if sickness distracts from thoughts, all that is needed is the will to love.
If you fall sometimes, you must not be discouraged.
Christ moves along the pots and pans.
Discontent with this world gives such a painful longing to quit it that, if the heart finds comfort, it is solely from the thought that God wishes it to remain here in banishment.
How friendly all men would be one with another, if no regard were paid to honour and money! I believe it would be a remedy for everything.
Those who in fact risk all for God will find that they have both lost all and gained all.
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