The brightest ornaments in the crown of the blessed in heaven are the sufferings which they have borne patiently on earth.

The past is no longer yours; the future is not yet in your power. You have only the present wherein to do good.

He who trusts himself is lost. He who trusts in God can do all things.

Acquire the habit of speaking to God as if you were alone with Him, familiarly and with confidence and love, as to the dearest and most loving of friends.

Your God is ever beside you - indeed, He is even within you.

There is a practice that is most powerful in keeping us united with God. That practice is the constant recollection of His presence.

He who wishes to find Jesus should seek Him, not in the delights and pleasures of the world, but in mortification of the senses.

When we have to reply to anyone who has insulted us, we should be careful to do it always with gentleness. A soft answer extinguishes the fire of wrath.

What grieves me most in my past offenses, O my loving God, is not so much the punishment I have deserved, as the displeasure I have given You, Who are worthy of infinite love.

True charity consists in doing good to those who do us evil, and in thus winning them over.

There is no one, after God, who loves us as much as this most loving Mother does.

Two minds with but a single thought, two hearts that beat as one.

As long as there is (worldly) selfish interest, there is no unity. Unity is attained with the ultimate intent of the Self [the intent of attaining self-realization, liberation].

Never neglect the charms of narrative for the human heart.

The most important thing you can ever know is that no matter what your purpose is, that's not your only choice.

Everyone has the power to inspire and serve the world.

God does not rule the world outwardly by gravitation and chemical affinity, but inwardly in the heart of man: as is your soul, so will the destiny be of the world in which you live and do.

A day might just be twenty-four hours but sometimes getting through one seems as impossible as scaling Everest.

I'm in favor of personal growth as long as it doesn't include malignant tumors.

I don't want people to get confused. I'm not going to be putting out a gospel album.

It's better to fade away like an old soldier than to burn out.