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Jesus, what made You so small? LOVE!

He gives Himself as prize and reward: He is the refreshment of holy soul, the ransom of those in captivity.

A truly obedient man does not discriminate between one thing and another, since his only aim is to execute faithfully whatever may be assigned to him.

What does God hate or punish except self-will? Let self-will cease, and there will be no hell. On what does that fire feed except on self-will?

Whether we live or whether we die, we are the Lord's.

Learn the lesson that, if you are to do the work of a prophet, what you need is not a sceptre but a hoe.

What of the souls already released from their bodies? We believe that they are overwhelmed in that vast sea of eternal light and of luminous eternity

Let your prayer for temporal blessings be strictly limited to things absolutely necessary.

There are three distinct comings of the Lord of which I know: His coming to men, His coming into men, and His coming against men.

If you would know whether you have made a good confession, ask yourself I you have resolved to abandon your sins.

You wish to see; listen. Hearing is a step toward Vision.

If anyone makes himself his own master in the spiritual life, he makes himself scholar to a fool.

So far from being able to answer for my sins, I cannot even answer for my righteousness!

The true measure of loving God is to love him without measure.

Inordinate love for the flesh is cruelty, because under the appearance of pleasing the body, we kill the soul.

Ingratitude is the soul's enemy ... Ingratitude is a burning wind that dries up the source of love, the dew of mercy, the streams of grace.

Understanding is the sure and clear knowledge of some invisible thing.

Have death always before your eyes as a salutary means of returning to God.

Love me, love my dog.

How beautiful then is modesty and what a gem among virtues it is.

The tears of those repenting are the wine of angels.

True penance consists in regretting without ceasing the faults of the past, and in firmly resolving to never again commit that which is so deplorable.

Therefore gird yourselves manfully and take up joyful arms for the name of God.

The reason for our loving God is God.

The more I contemplate God, the more God looks on me. The more I pray to him, the more he thinks of me too.

The measure of love is love without measure.

He rightly reads scripture who turns words into deeds.

I was made a sinner by deriving my being from Adam; I am made just by being washed in the blood of Christ and not by Christ's 'words and example.'

What I know of the divine sciences and the Holy Scriptures, I have learned in woods and fields. I have no other masters than the beeches and the oaks.

Prayer is a virtue that prevaileth against all temptations.

To serve Mary is a mark of eternal salvation to come.

We find rest in those we love, and we provide a resting place in ourselves for those who love us.

The Eucharist is that love which surpasses all loves in Heaven and on earth

Grace is necessary to salvation, free will equally so - but grace in order to give salvation, free will in order to receive it.

Slander is a poison which kills charity, both in the slanderer and the one who listens.

Who loves me will love my dog also.

Death is the gate of life.

If you concentrate hard on the state you are in, it would be suprising if you have time for anything else.

God will either give us what we ask, or what He knows to be better for us.

As patience leads to peace, and study to science, so are humiliations the path that leads to humility.

When God forgives a sinner who humbly confesses his sin, the devil loses his dominion over the heart he had taken.

It is in the perfect union of two hearts that complete and total marriage consists.

The rivers of Grace cannot flow uphill, up the steep cliff of the proud man's heart.

Jesus the very thought of Thee
With sweetness fills my breast;
But sweeter far Thy face to see,
And in Thy presence rest.

What we love we shall grow to resemble.

Expect much of God, and he will do much for you.

I know by myself how incomprehensible God is, seeing I cannot comprehend the parts of my own being.

You will find something more in woods than in books. Trees and stones will teach you that which you can never learn from masters.

Your actions in passing, pass not away, for every good work is a grain of seed for eternal life.

From the best bliss that earth imparts, we turn unfilled to Thee again.

Qui me amat, amet et canem meum. (Who loves me will love my dog also.)

The three most important virtues are humility, humility, and humility.

True love does not demand a reward, but it deserves one.

A saint is not someone who never sins, but one who sins less and less frequently and gets up more and more quickly.

He won me over entirely by giving Himself entirely to me.

Rest is in Him alone. Man knows no peace in the world; but he has no disturbance when he is with God.

Hell is full of good wishes or desires.

Jesus to me is honey in the mouth, music in the ear, a song in the heart,

First learn to love yourself, and then you can love me.

There is no greater misery than false joys.

Vines and trees will teach you that which you will never learn from masters.

Humility is, of all graces , the chiefest when it does not know itself to be a grace at all.

Theirs is an endless road, a hopeless maze, who seek for goods before they seek for God.

Love of Mary and devotion to her are a sure sign of obtaining eternal salvation.

hell is full of good wishes and desires.

Action and contemplation are very close companions; they live together in one house on equal terms. Martha and Mary are sisters.

The reason for loving God is God Himself. As to how He is to be loved, there is only one measure: It is immeasurable!

It is no great thing to be humble when you are brought low; but to be humble when you are praised is a great and rare attainment.

It is a fault, not a virtue, to wish your humility recognized and applauded.

Love seeks no cause beyond itself and no fruit; it is its own fruit, its own enjoyment. I love because I love; I love in order that I may love.

You wish me to tell you why and how God should be loved. My answer is that God himself is the reason he is to be loved.

They wear themselves out in vain travail, without reaching their blessed consummation, because they delight in creatures, not in the Creator.

God will become visible as God's image is reborn in you.

Prayer is a wine which makes glad the heart of man

Action and contemplation are ...

Persecution shows who is a hireling, and who a true pastor.

We are to love God for Himself, because of a twofold reason; nothing is more reasonable, nothing more profitable.

Pride causes us to use our gifts as though they came from ourselves, not benefits received from God, and to usurp our benefactor's glory.

What I know of the divine
science and holy scripture,
I learnt in the woods and fields.

A pretext is never lacking to him who would break with a friend.

All things are possible to one who believes.