Quotes from Paul of the Cross

Be very careful to retain peace of heart, because Satan casts his lines in troubled waters.

As for me, I cannot understand how it is possible not to be always thinking of God.

Do you know why God subjects you to so many miseries? That He may bestow on you the riches of heaven.

I would believe myself damned if I robbed God of one atom of His glory. I would believe myself more wicked than Lucifer if I had anything else in view but God.

If any dust of imperfection cling to your heart, be not troubled, but consume it immediately in the fire of divine love, and, sorrowfully asking forgiveness, continue to live in peace.

The Passion of Christ is the greatest and most stupendous work of Divine Love. The greatest and most overwhelming work of God's love.

When you feel the assaults of passion and anger, then is the time to be silent as Jesus was silent in the midst of His ignominies and sufferings.

If you correspond to the designs of God, He will make a saint of you.

Entrust yourself entirely to God. He is a Father and a most loving Father at that, who would rather let heaven and earth collapse than abandon anyone who trusted in him.