In order that love be fully satisfied, It is necessary that It lower Itself and that It lower Itself to nothingness and transform this nothingness into fire.

The closer one approaches to God, the simpler one becomes.

It is of great importance, when we begin to practise prayer, not to let ourselves be frightened by our own thoughts.

I am quite sure I am more afraid of people who are themselves terrified of the devil than I am of the devil himself.

Love turns work into rest.

All the trials we endure cannot be compared to these interior battles.

Vivo sin vivir en mí... muero porque no muero. (I live without really being alive... I die because I am not dying.)

God withholds Himself from no one who perseveres.

If this is how you treat your friends, no wonder you have so many enemies.

...Since in the centre of the soul there is a mansion reserved for God Himself...

Reflect carefully on this, for it is so important that I can hardly lay too much stress on it. Fix your eyes on the Crucified and nothing else will be of much importance to you.

I think you ought to know I'm feeling very depressed.

Mediocrity is a path cleared by fear, leveled by apathy and paved by comfort.

It is scarcely the same thing to put a man on the moon as to put a bone in your nose.

Politics and Sport were invented to give unknowledgeable people an opportunity to share their knowledge.

If you haven't been happy very young you can still be happy later on but it's much harder. You need more luck.

To this end the greatest asset of a school is the personality of the teacher.

My name's Peter. Can I play too?

Boss up on your emotions before you become a slave to them.

There are many ways of performing the operations successfully. I can claim, however, to be in a position to explain how not to putt. I think I know as well as anybody how not to do it.

Whenever we are ill, we need to search our hearts to see what we need to forgive.