- “Trust God that you are where you are meant to be.”
2. “It is certain that the love of God does not consist in experiencing sweetness or tenderness of heart but in truly serving God in justice, strength and humility.”
3. “O my God and my Creator! Is it possible that there is any soul who does not love You?”
4. “In all created things discern the providence and wisdom of God, and in all things give Him thanks.”
5. “Thank God for the things that I do not own.”
6. “Let nothing disturb you. Let nothing make you afraid. All things are passing. God alone never changes. Patience gains all things. If you have God, you will want for nothing. God alone suffices.”
7. “The time will come when we shall realize that all we have paid has been nothing at all by comparison with the greatness of our prizes.”
8. “Each of us has a soul, but we forget to value it. We don’t remember that we are creatures made in the image of God. We don’t understand the great secrets hidden inside of us.”
9. “There are more tears shed over answered prayers than over unanswered prayers.”
10. “Prayer is nothing else than being on terms of friendship with God.”
11. “Patient endurance attaineth to all things; who God possesseth in nothing is wanting; alone God sufficeth.”
12. “God aids the valiant…both to you and to me He will give the help needed.”
13. “O my God, what must a soul be like when it is in this state! It longs to be all one tongue with which to praise the Lord. It utters a thousand pious follies, in a continuous endeavor to please Him who thus possesses it.”
14. “I do not fear Satan half so much as I fear those who fear him.”
16. “It is here, my daughters, that love is to be found / not hidden away in corners but in the midst of occasions of sin. And believe me, although we may more often fail and commit small lapses, our gain will be incomparably the greater.”
17. “Take God for your spouse and friend and walk with Him continually, and you will not sin, will learn to love, and the things you must do will work out prosperously for you.”
18. “I had many friends to help me to fall; but as to rising again, I was so much left to myself, that I wonder now I was not always on the ground. I praise God for His mercy; for it was He only Who stretched out His hand to me. May He be blessed for ever! Amen.”
19. “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.”
20. “To reach something good it is very useful to have gone astray, and thus acquire experience.”