Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.
From silly devotions and from sour-faced saints, good Lord, deliver us.
I do not fear Satan half so much as I fear those who fear him.
Our body has this defect that, the more it is provided care and comforts, the more needs and desires it finds.
The feeling remains that God is on the journey, too.
To wish to act like angels while we are still in this world is nothing but folly.
Don't let your sins turn into bad habits.
“It is true that we cannot be free from sin, but at least let our sins not be always the same.”
To reach something good it is very useful to have gone astray, and thus acquire experience.
When I pray, I pray. When I eat pheasant, I eat pheasant!
God, if this is the way you treat your friends, no wonder you have so few of them!
— St. Theresa of Avila
