God taught me tht the only glory which matters is the glory which lasts forever and that one does not have to perform shining deeds to win that, but to hide one’s acts of virtue from others, and even from oneself.
I was sure that I was born to be great and began to wonder how I should set about winning my glory; then it was revealed to me in my heart that my glory would lie in becoming a Saint, though this glory would be hidden on earth.
We looked upon their high-sounding titles as nothing more than the ‘vapour of smoke’. I realised that real nobility is in the soul, not in a name.
The one who chose for love of God to be the poorest and most obscure on earth will be the first and the richest and most glorious in Heaven.
When we surrender to discouragement or despair, it is usually because we are thinking too much of the past or future.
It has come to this, that I can no longer suffer because all suffering is sweet.
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