It is enough for me to pick up but a straw from the ground for the love of God.

Let us fear to leave Him. Let us be always with Him. Let us live and die in His presence.

Emptiness is that which frees us from religiosity and leads us to true spirituality.

That his prayer was nothing else but a sense of the presence of GOD, his soul being at that time insensible to everything but Divine love: and that when the appointed times of prayer were past, he found no difference, because he still continued with GOD, praising and blessing Him with all his might, so that he passed his life in continual joy; yet hoped that GOD would give him somewhat to suffer, when he should grow stronger.

You need not cry very loud; he is nearer to us than we think.

That we should feed and nourish our souls with high notions of GOD; which would yield us great joy in being devoted to Him.

He does not ask much of us, merely a thought of Him from time to time, a little act of adoration, sometimes to ask for His grace, sometimes to offer Him your sufferings, at other times to thank Him for the graces, past and present, He has bestowed on you, in the midst of your troubles to take solace in Him as often as you can. Lift up your heart to Him during your meals and in company; the least little remembrance will always be the most pleasing to Him. One need not cry out very loudly; He is nearer to us than we think.