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Unlike our friends in the world, He will never abandon us when we are troubled or distressed. Blessed is the one who truly loves Him and always keeps Him near.

Merit does not consist in doing or giving much. It consists in loving much.

God enlightens the soul, making it see not only its misery and meanness, but also it's grandeur and majesty.

What offends Jesus, what wounds His Sacred Heart, is lack of confidence in Him.

As to the aridity you are suffering from, it seems to me our Lord is treating you like someone He considers strong: He wants to test you and see if you love Him as much at times of aridity as when He sends you consolations. I think this is a very great favor for God to show you.

I would like to fly as the eagle does, but I can only flutter my wings - it is beyond my feeble strength to soar.

God is hidden within the soul, and the true contemplative will seek Him there in love.

With regard to the fear about whether or not I was in the state of grace, He (Jesus) told me: "Daughter, light is very different from darkness. I am faithful. Nobody will be lost unknowingly. They who find security in spiritual favors will be deceived. True security is the testimony of a good conscience. But people should not think that through their own efforts they can be light or that they can do anything to prevent the night, because these states depend upon my grace. The best help for holding on to the light is to understand that you can do nothing and that it comes from me. For even though you may be in light, at the moment I withdraw, the night will come. This is true humility: to know what you can do and what I can do."

Be extremely careful for the love of the Lord not to be tricked into giving up prayer.

He would be still more ignorant if he followed God looking for sweetness, and rejoiced and rested in it when obtained.  In this case his love is not set purely on God alone above all things, for in clinging to and desiring what is created, his will cannot soar to God.

The soul suffers many trials, for the Lord wants the poor gardener to think that all the trouble he has taken in watering the garden and keeping it alive is lost. Then is the proper time for weeding and rooting out the smaller plants, and this must be done, however small they may be, if they are useless; for we know that no efforts of ours are availing if God withholds from us the water of grace, and we must despise ourselves as nothing and as less than nothing. By doing this we can gain great humility and then the flowers will begin to grow afresh.

Life, Chapter XIV

Then Our Lord said: “Ah, my daughter, they are few who love me in truth; for if men loved me, I should not hide my secrets from them. Do you know what is to love me in truth? It is to admit everything to be a lie which is not pleasing unto me.”

Life, Chapter 40