Maxims
There are about 100 Maxims of the saint
1. I had aspired zealously to become a saint. I felt that burning desire after reading the autobiography of St. Little Teresa of Lisieux
2. Practice your austerity in strict secrecy; it will fortify your spirit.
3. I desired to be ever faithful to Jesus. I would rather die than break this promise.
4. It is my beloved Spiritual Instructors who guided me to the threshold of Knowledge and enabled me to experience it, by training me to prepare and use each of them in the apt time.
5. By nature, I am affectionate; it seems that my whole heart is full of love.
6. I have love towards everyone. It is impossible for me to hate anyone.
7. My only desire is to love my Lord to perfection.
8. My Jesus is sufficient for me. I don't want anything else.
9. How great is the joy experienced when everything is offered in the Sacred Heart of Jesus!
10. I will rejoice in whatever comes through the hands of my Jesus.
11. It is my strong faith that nothing shall ever happen to me without the knowledge of my Jesus.
12. I have completely abandoned myself to Jesus. Let Him do with me as He wills.
13. God in His infinite goodness has granted me the strength to preserve inviolate the sanctifying grace I obtained at my Baptism.
14. I would rather die than commit consciously even a trivial venial sin and thereby offend God.
15. Humility is the queen of all virtues. I consider all occasions to humble myself as a great blessing.
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