Examine from time to time what are the dominant passions of your soul, and having ascertained this, mold your life, so that in thought, word, and deed you may as far as possible counteract them.

Friendship requires great communication.

Let God be the air in which your heart breathes at ease.

We do not very often come across opportunities for exercising strength, magnanimity, or magnificence; but gentleness, temperance, modesty, and humility, are graces which ought to colour everything we do. There may be virtues of a more exalted mould, but... these are the most continually called for in daily life.

A good discourse is that from which nothing can be retrenched without cutting into the quick.

Doing little things with a strong desire to please God makes them really great.

Do not complain then of your poverty, my daughter, -- we only complain of that which is unwelcome, and if poverty is unwelcome to you, you are no longer poor in spirit.

Make sickness itself a prayer.

To lose ourselves in God is simply to give up our own will to Him. When a soul can truly say Lord I have no other will than Thine it is truly lost in God and united to Him.

Be patient with everyone, but above all with yourself. I mean do not be disheartened by your imperfections, but always rise up with fresh courage. How are we to be patient in dealing with our neighbour's faults if we are impatient in dealing with our own? He who is fretted by his own failings will not correct them. All profitable correction comes from a calm and peaceful mind.

We must never undervalue any person. The workman loves not that his work should be despised in his presence. Now God is present everywhere, and every person is His work.

If, when stung by slander or ill-nature, we wax proud and swell with anger, it is a proof that our gentleness and humility are unreal, and mere artificial show.

Humility consists in not esteeming ourselves above other men, and in not seeking to be esteemed above them.

While I am busy with little things, I am not required to do greater things.

By turning your eyes on God in meditation, your whole soul will be filled with God. Begin all your prayers in the presence of God.

Great occasions for serving God come seldom, but little ones surround us daily.

I recommend to you holy simplicity.

When charity requires it we must freely and mildly communicate to our neighbor not only what is his instruction, but also what is profitable for his consolation.

Have patience with all things, but chiefly have patience with yourself. Do not lose courage in considering your own imperfections but instantly set about remedying them -- every day begin the task anew.

Nothing is so strong as gentleness, nothing so gentle as real strength.