“Happy the heart where love has come to birth.”

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 pleasing both to God and man, rising from the River of Life, beside which it is rooted like a tree.

How poor is the wisdom of men, and how uncertain their forecast!

It is impossible for human tongue to exaggerate the riches which a vision from God brings to the soul: it even bestows health and refreshment on the body.

To reach something good it is very useful to have gone astray, and thus acquire experience.

Consider seriously how quickly people change, and how little trust is to be had in them; and hold fast to God, Who does not change.

In light of heaven, the worst suffering on earth will be seen to be no more serious than one night in an inconvenient hotel.

From moment to moment one can bear much.

May I not come before You with empty hands, since we are rewarded according to our deeds.

When we accept what happens to us and make the best of it, we are praising God.

Love draws forth love.

Prayer is an act of love. Words are not needed.

Desire to see God, be fearful of losing Him, and find joy in everything that can lead to Him. If you act in this way, you will always live in great peace.

Pain is never permanent.

It is the nature of love to work in a thousand different ways.

It is a dangerous thing to be satisfied with ourselves.

Don’t let your sins turn into bad habits.

Generations do not cease to be born, and we are responsible to them because we are the only witnesses they have.

To live is to be slowly born.

I was not born to be forced. I will breathe after my own fashion. Let us see who is the strongest.

Full many a flower is born to blush unseen, And waste its fragrance on the desert air.

Each friend represents a world in us, a world possibly not born until they arrive, and it is only by this meeting that a new world is born.

Be alone, that is the secret of invention; be alone, that is when ideas are born.

I’m single because I was born that way.

You were born with wings, why prefer to crawl through life?