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I understood the great blessing there is in not paying attention to what doesn't bring us closer to God.

I have always desired to become a saint, but in comparing myself with the saints I have always felt that I am as far removed from them as a grain of sand, trampled underfoot by the passer-by is from the mountain whose summit is lost in the clouds.

Though the path is plain and smooth for people of good will, those who walk it will not travel far, and will do so only with difficulty if they do not have good feet, courage, and tenacity of spirit.

Let us confidently place all preoccupation about the future in the hands of God and let us allow Him to guide us like a child. After that we may be sure that we will not be able to take the wrong road.

Not observing the imperfections of others, preserving silence and a continual communion with God will eradicate great imperfections from the soul and make it the possessor of great virtues.

Sacrifice and renunciation of our will are needed to come to complete union with Our Lord.

In my opinion we shall never completely know ourselves if we don't strive to know God. By gazing at His grandeur, we get in touch with our own lowliness; by looking at His purity, we shall see our own filth; by pondering His humility, we shall see how far we are from being humble.

As for what concerns our relations with our fellow men, the anguish in our neighbor's soul must break all precept. All that we do is a means to an end, but love is an end in itself, because God is love.

The meek are those who know how to suffer their neighbor and themselves.

Who can free themselves from lowly manners and limitations if you do not lift them to yourself, my God, in purity of love? How will human beings begotten and nurtured in lowliness rise up to you, Lord, if you do not raise them with your hand that made them?

The spirit of God does not dwell in a soul that is not frank, whose lips agree not with her heart.

We ought not to get tired of doing little things for the love of God, because He looks at the love rather than at the work.