When the Spirit illuminates the heart, then a part of the man sees which never saw before; a part of him knows which never knew before, and that with a kind of knowing which the most acute thinker cannot imitate.

God will speak to the hearts of those who prepare themselves to hear; and conversely, those who do not so prepare themselves will hear nothing even though the Word of God is falling upon their outer ears every Sunday.

God dwells in His creation and is everywhere indivisibly present in all His works. He is transcendent above all His works even while He is immanent within them.

The idea of the divine-human friendship originated with God. Had not God said first 'Ye are my friends?' (John 15:14)

Before there can be fullness there must be emptiness. Before God can fill us with Himself we must first be emptied of ourselves.

Any nation which for an extended period puts pleasure before liberty is likely to lose the liberty it misused.

Perception of ideas, rather than the storing of them, should be the aim of education.