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The charity, with a little attention, discovers everything; you need to have some.

— Claude La Colombière

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If the grown-ups saw what the little ones suffered, there would be few unhappy people in the world.

Her sin [of a soul] is always on the side of those who offend her, and forces her to confess that they are right.

I am not at all surprised that the passion has been declared an excess. And indeed it is an excess of love of Jesus Christ.

Imperfect souls believe that if one is not angry, one cannot tell one's ailments to the whole world.

There are two kinds of penances, both necessary for a perfect return to God: inner and outer penance.

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