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No one can make me frightened anymore, because I know what to believe about His mercy and His love; I know that, in the twinkling of an eye, all those thousands of sins would be consumed as a drop of water cast into a blazing fire.

O my God, must that Love which is disdained lie hidden in Your Heart? It seems to me that if You should find souls offering themselves as a holocaust to Your Love, You would consume them rapidly and would be pleased to set free those flames of infinite tenderness now imprisoned in Your Heart. If Your Justice which avenges itself upon earth must be satisfied, how much more must Your Merciful Love desire to inflame souls, since 'Your Mercy reaches even to the Heavens'! Ps. 35: 6

The good God does not need years to accomplish His work of love in a soul; one ray from His Heart can, in an instant, make His flower bloom for eternity...

He that seeks here any other thing than purely God and the salvation of his soul, will find nothing but trouble and sorrow.

God created the child who knows only how to make his feeble cries heard; He has created the poor savage who has nothing but the natural law to guide him. It is to their hearts that God deigns to lower Himself. These are the wild flowers whose simplicity attracts Him. When coming down in this way, God manifests His infinite grandeur.

I understand so very well that it is only through love that we can render ourselves pleasing to the good Lord, that love is the one thing I long for. The science of love is the only science I desire.

How happy I am to see myself imperfect and be in need of God's mercy.

We must serve our Lord; sow what is good around us without worrying about its growth. For us the labors; for Jesus, success!

Love is nourished only by sacrifices, and the more a soul refuses natural satisfactions, the stronger and more disinterested becomes her tenderness.

You returned to your realm of light, and still remain hidden here to nourish us, in our vale of tears, with Holy Communion.

I realize that we aren't all made alike. For me, God's infinite mercy is the quality that stands out in my life, and when I contemplate and adore God's other perfections, it's against this background of mercy all the time.

You ask me for a method of attaining perfection. I know of Love and Love only! Our hearts are made for it alone. Sometimes I endeavor to find some other word for love; but in a land of exile words which have a beginning and an end are quite unable to render adequately the emotions of the soul, and so we must keep to the one simple word-Love.