"Had I been rich, I could never have seen a poor person hungry
without giving him to eat. This is my way also in the spiritual
life. There are many souls on the brink of hell, and as my
earnings come to hand they are scattered among these sinners. The
time has never yet been when I could say: 'Now I am going to work
for myself.'"

* * * * * *

"There are people who make the worst of everything. As for me, I
do just the contrary. I always see the good side of things, and
even if my portion be suffering, without a glimmer of solace,
well, I make it my joy."

* * * * * *

"Whatever has come from God's Hands has always pleased me, even
those things which have seemed to me less good and less beautiful
than the gifts made to others."

* * * * * *

"When staying with my aunt, while I was still a little girl, I was
given a certain book to read. In one of the stories great praise
was bestowed on a schoolmistress who by her tact escaped from
every difficulty without hurting anyone's feelings. Her method of
saying to one person: 'You are right,' and to another: 'You are
not wrong,' struck me particularly, and as I read I reflected that
I would not have acted in that way because we should always tell