“The tree that is beside the running water is fresher and gives more fruit.”

It is a dangerous thing to be satisfied with ourselves.

Don’t let your sins turn into bad habits.

The life of prayer is just love to God, and the custom of being ever with Him.

Souls without prayer are like bodies, palsied and lame, having hands and feet they cannot use.

All times are dangerous times.

Truth suffers, but never dies.

Never do anything which you could not do in the sight of all.

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.

The saints rejoiced at injuries and persecutions, because in forgiving them they had something to present to God when they prayed to Him.

However softly we speak, God is near enough to hear us.

To want to become angels while we are still on earth is ridiculous.

Anyone who truly loves God travels securely.

May God protect me from gloomy saints.

Any real ecstasy is a sign you are moving in the right direction.

Union is as if in a room there were two large windows through which the light streamed in; it enters in different places but it all becomes one.

God is even kinder than you think.

Freedom is the greatest fruit of self-sufficiency.

Everything existing in the universe is the fruit of chance and necessity.

Judge a tree from its fruit, not from its leaves.

The difference between Los Angeles and yogurt is that yogurt comes with less fruit.

The more the fruits of knowledge become accessible to men, the more widespread is the decline of religious belief.

When the seeds of justice are trees and the fruits we eat are sweet, I will be glad.

Don’t drink at all, don’t smoke, you must exercise and eat vegetables and fruit.

Your descendants shall gather your fruits.