Quotes from Jane Frances de Chantal

Hold your eyes on God and leave the doing to him. That is all the doing you have to worry about.

In prayer, more is accomplished by listening than by talking.

Suffering borne in the will quietly and patiently is a continual, very powerful prayer before God.

The great method of prayer is to have none. If in going to prayer one can form in oneself a pure capacity for receiving the spirit of God, that will suffice for all method.

With God there is no need for long speeches.

Cordial love of the neighbor does not consist in feelings. This love flows not from a heart of flesh but from the heart of our will.

In prayer one must hold fast and never let go, because the one who gives up loses all. If it seems that no one is listening to you, then cry out even louder. If you are driven out of one door, go back in by the other.

Follow your own way of speaking to our Lord sincerely, lovingly, confidently, and simply, as your heart dictates.