Suffering is the greatest treasure on earth; it purifies the soul. In suffering, we learn who our true friend is.

Pure love ... knows that only one thing is needed to please God: to do even the smallest things out of great love - love, and always love.

Patience, prayer and silence-these are what give strength to the soul.

Help me, O Lord, that my hands may be merciful and filled with good deeds, so that I may do only good to my neighbors.

O King of glory, though you hide your beauty, yet the eye of my soul rends the veil. I see the angelic choirs giving you honor without cease.

He who wants to learn true humility should reflect upon the Passion of Jesus. (267)

Entrust everything to Me and do nothing on your own, and you will always have great freedom of spirit.

I demand from you deeds of mercy which are to arise out of love for me. You are to show mercy to your neighbors always and everywhere. You must not shrink from this or try to excuse yourself from it.

God is very generous and does not deny His grace to anyone. Indeed he gives more than what we ask of Him. Faithfulness to the inspirations of the Holy Spirit-that is the shortest route.

How can one be pleasing to God when one is inflated with pride and self-love under the pretense of striving for Gods glory, while in fact one is seeking ones own glory?

My likeness to Jesus must be through suffering and humility.

You did not so much mind being -conventionally- betrayed, if you were not kept in the dark, which was humiliating, or defined only as a wife and dependent person, which was annihilating.

Let no feeling of discouragement prey upon you, and in the end you are sure to succeed.

I don't understand the world of the Internet. I just type up on my computer.

a social conscience is not incompatible with profit.

Let thy discontents be thy secrets; if the world knows them 'twill despise thee and increase them.

In the fabric of space and in the nature of matter, as in a great work of art, there is, written small, the artist's signature.

I think in general I've never dared compose in Spanish. First of all, it is such an intricate language.

Art is free, but of course you have to be alert to catch it when it comes onto the canvas. I don’t choose the ideas, they choose me. I don’t wait for them. They come without my permission!

Read the books you love, tell people about authors you like, and don’t worry about it.

If there's any way that I can be of service to people who are going through something painful in their lives, even though the witch world is heightened, then that's great.