 All things are perceived in the light of charity, and hence under the aspect of beauty; for beauty is simply reality seen with the eyes of love. |
| Towards my husband, I often fail to show interest in his affairs and amusements, not rousing myself to respond when I'm tired or concerned with other things, forgetting he is very patient with me. |
| The direction and constancy of the will is what really matters, and intellect and feeling are only important insofar as they contribute to that. |
| There is no place in my soul, no corner of my character, where God is not. |
| Adoration is caring for God above all else. |
| God is always coming to you in the Sacrament of the Present Moment. Meet and receive Him there with gratitude in that sacrament. |
| You don't have to be peculiar to find God. |
| Deliberately seek opportunities for kindness, sympathy, and patience. |
| In my relations with my father, which are difficult and where I'm often met by coolness and indifference, I am constantly tempted to be cold and indifferent. Yet I know that this is a test if I could take it rightly. |
| After all it is those who have a deep and real inner life who are best able to deal with the irritating details of outer life. |
| God is acting on your soul all the time, whether you have spiritual sensations or not. |
| The will is what matters - as long as you have that, you are safe. |
| Try to arrange things so that you can have a reasonable bit of quiet every day. |
| God is much in the difficult home problems as in the times of quiet and prayer. |
| Never forget that the key to the situation lies in the will and not in the imagination. |
| Every minute you are thinking of evil, you might have been thinking of good instead. Refuse to pander to a morbid interest in your own misdeeds. Pick yourself up, be sorry, shake yourself, and go on again. |
