Thus understanding and love, that is, the knowledge of and delight in the truth, are, as it were, the two arms of the soul, with which it embraces and comprehends with all the saints the length and breath, the height and depth, that is the eternity, the love, the goodness, and the wisdom of God.

Spiritual life is like living water that springs up from the very depths of our own spiritual experience. In spiritual life everyone has to drink from his or her own well.

Prayer is a virtue that prevaileth against all temptations.

I know by myself how incomprehensible God is, seeing I cannot comprehend the parts of my own being.

Expect much of God, and he will do much for you.

When God forgives a sinner who humbly confesses his sin, the devil loses his dominion over the heart he had taken.

Let us affectionately love His angels as counselors and defenders appointed by the Father and placed over us. They are faithful; they are prudent; they are powerful; Let us only follow them, let us remain close to them, and in the protection of the God of heaven let us abide.