that I have goes immediately to ransom souls."
COUNSELS AND REMINISCENCES
The further you advance the fewer
combats will you have, or rather, the
easier will your conquests be, because
you will look at the good side of things.
Your soul will then rise above creatures.
Anything that may be said to me now,
leaves me absolutely indifferent, for I
have realized how little stability there is
in human judgments.
COUNSELS AND REMINISCENCES
To write books of devotion, to compose
the most sublime poetry, is of less
worth than the least act of self-renunciation.
COUNSELS AND REMINISCENCES
"One Sunday," Thérèse tells us, "I
went right joyously on my way towards
the alley of chestnut trees; it was the
spring-time, and I meant to enjoy the
beauties of nature. O cruel disappointment!
My dear chestnut trees had
been pruned, and the branches, already
