"For prayer is nothing else than being on terms of friendship with God."
"The feeling remains that God is on the journey, too."
"Mental prayer in my opinion is nothing else than an intimate sharing between friends; it means taking time frequently to be alone with Him who we know loves us. The important thing is not to think much but to love much and so do that which best stirs you to love. Love is not great delight but desire to please God in everything."
"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."
"I do not fear Satan half so much as I fear those who fear him."
"Pain is never permanent."
"Be gentle to all and stern with yourself."
"To have courage for whatever comes in life - everything lies in that."
"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."
"To reach something good it is very useful to have gone astray, and thus acquire experience."
"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."
"There are more tears shed over answered prayers than over unanswered prayers."
"We can only learn to know ourselves and do what we can - namely, surrender our will and fulfill God's will in us."
"All things must come to the soul from its roots, from where it is planted."
"God gave us faculties for our use; each of them will receive its proper reward. Then do not let us try to charm them to sleep, but permit them to do their work until divinely called to something higher."
"God has been very good to me, for I never dwell upon anything wrong which a person has done, so as to remember it afterwards. If I do remember it, I always see some other virtue in that person."
"Our body has this defect that, the more it is provided care and comforts, the more needs and desires it finds."
"The tree that is beside the running water is fresher and gives more fruit."
"Accustom yourself continually to make many acts of love, for they enkindle and melt the soul."
"Anyone who truly loves God travels securely."
"Don't let your sins turn into bad habits."
"More tears are shed over answered prayers than unanswered ones."
"I know the power obedience has of making things easy which seem impossible."
"Do you think it is only a little thing to possess a house from which lovely things can be seen?"
"Our souls may lose their peace and even disturb other people's, if we are always criticizing trivial actions - which often are not real defects at all, but we construe them wrongly through our ignorance of their motives."
