Adoration is caring for God above all else.
As the genuine religious impulse becomes dominant, adoration more and more takes charge. 'I come to seek God because I need Him', may be an adequate formula for prayer. 'I come to adore His splendour,...
Mysticism is the art of union with Reality.
Delicate humor is the crowning virtue of the saints.
Never forget that the key to the situation lies in the will and not in the imagination.
Deliberately seek opportunities for kindness, sympathy, and patience.
There is no place in my soul, no corner of my character, where God is not.
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.
On every level of life, from housework to heights of prayer, in all judgment and efforts to get things done, hurry and impatience are sure marks of the amateur.
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.
It is those who have a deep and real inner life who are best able to deal with the irritating details of outer life.
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.