“We’ve been deceived by the thought that we would be more pleasing to God in our own way than in the way God has given us.”

God is closer to us than water is to a fish.

It’s one of the properties of love to love what is loved by the person we love.

Do not be satisfied with little things, because God wants great things!

Make two homes for thyself, my daughter. One actual home and the other a spiritual home which thou are to carry with thee always.

A full belly does not make for a chaste spirit.

Every evil, harm and suffering in this life comes from the love of riches.

To the servant of God… every place is the right place, and every time is the right time.

Make yourself a “capacity” and I will make myself a “torrent.”

You are rewarded not according to your work or your time but according to the measure of your love.

Merit consists in the virtue of love alone, flavored with the light of true discretion without which the soul is worth nothing.

The soul, as soon as she comes to know Me, reaches out to love her neighbors.

Out of darkness is born the light.

Consider your possessions loaned to you by God.

Obedient people never trust in themselves.

The path to heaven lies through heaven, and all the way to heaven is heaven.

One who knows more, loves more.

By desiring little, a poor man makes himself rich.

Life is the dancer and you are the dance.

I’ve always had a fear of endings, but it comes as relief to me that among all the dying things, I am one too.

So pleasurable to live for yourself, not for others.

The curse turned to grace when the hurt turned to faith.

Words could paint pictures.

They say diamonds are made under pressure, but what if I made of glass? and what if I’ll break?

If I were a flower, you were the rain I was longing for.