I Would Have No Desire

To Pray Is To Desire; But It Is To Desire What God Would Have Us Desire.

Before Putting Yourself In Peril, It Is Necessary To Foresee And Fear It; But When One Is There, Nothing Remains But To Despise It.

The More You Say, The Less People Remember.

God's Treasury Where He Keeps His Children's Gifts Will Be Like Many A Mother's Store Of Relics Of Her Children, Full Of Things Of No Value To Others, But Precious In His Eyes For The Love's Sake That Was In Them.

Simplicity Is The Straightforwardness Of A Soul Which Refuses Itself Any Reaction With Regard To Itself Or Its Deeds. This Virtue Differs From And Surpasses Sincerity. We See Many People Who Are Sincere Without Being Simple. They Do Not Wish To Be Taken For Other Than What They Are; But They Are Always Fearing Lest They Should Be Taken For What They Are Not.