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- We can only learn to know ourselves and do what we can - namely, surrender our will and fulfill God's will in us.
- The feeling remains that God is on the journey, too.
- For prayer is nothing else than being on terms of friendship with God.
- 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.…
- 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…
- Anyone who truly loves God travels securely.
- If God should desire to raise us to the position of one who is an intimate and shares his secrets, we ought to accept this…
- May God protect me from gloomy saints.
- 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…
- 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…
- I had a father and mother, who were devout and feared God. Our Lord also helped me with His grace. All this would have been…
- 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 have often thought with wonder of the great goodness of God; and my soul has rejoiced in the contemplation of His great magnificence and…
- I was living an extremely burdensome life, because every time I prayed, I became more clearly aware of my faults. On the one hand, God…
- If I should say anything that is not in conformity with what is held by the Holy Roman Catholic Church, it will be through ignorance…
- In a state of grace, the soul is like a well of limpid water, from which flow only streams of clearest crystal. Its works are…
- 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…
- Nothing can be compared to the great beauty and capabilities of a soul; however keen our intellects may be, they are as unable to comprehend…
- The custom of speaking to God Almighty as freely as with a slave - caring nothing whether the words are suitable or not, but simply…
- When I took the habit, the Lord immediately showed me how He favours those who do violence to themselves in order to serve Him. No…
- Whenever we think of Christ, we should recall the love that led Him to bestow on us so many graces and favors, and also the…
- While the soul is in mortal sin, nothing can profit it; none of its good works merit an eternal reward, since they do not proceed…
- We shall never learn to know ourselves except by endeavoring to know God; for, beholding His greatness, we realize our own littleness; His purity shows…
- I felt a great dislike to journeys, especially when they were long. But once I had started, I thought nothing of them, thinking of Him…
- 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.…
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