Humility consists of knowing that in this world the whole soul, not only what we term the ego in its totality, but also the supernatural part of the soul, which is God present in it, is subject to time and to the vicissitudes of change. There must be absolutely acceptance of the possibility that everything material in us should be destroyed. But we must simultaneously accept and repudiate the possibility that the supernatural part of the soul should disappear.

The most important part of education - to teach the meaning of to know (in the scientific sense). The last statement in her notebook

Stars and blossoming fruit-trees: utter permanence and extreme fragility give an equal sense of eternity.

Meditation on the chance which led to the meeting of my mother and father is even more salutary than meditation on death.

To wish to escape from solitude is cowardice. Friendship is not to be sought, not to be dreamed, not to be desired; it is to be exercised (it is a virtue).

To desire friendship is a great fault. Friendship should be a gratuitous joy like those afforded by art or life. We must refuse it so that we may be worthy to receive it; it is of the order of grace.

God's love for us is not the reason for which we should love him. God's love for us is the reason for us to love ourselves.

If we want a love which will protect the soul from wounds we must love something other than God.

If we love God while thinking that he does not exist, he will manifest his existence.

The miser deprives himself of his treasure because of his desire for it.