Spiritual achievement costs much, though never as much as it is worth.

Grace is God himself, his loving energy at work within his church and within our souls.

Spiritual reading is a regular, essential part of the life of prayer, and particularly is it the support of adoring prayer.

Love makes the whole difference between an execution and a martyrdom.

Mysticism is the art of union with Reality.

In my relations with my father, which are difficult and where I'm often met by coolness and indifference, I am constantly tempted to be cold and indifferent. Yet I know that this is a test if I could take it rightly.

Mysticism, according to its historical and psychological definitions, is the direct intuition or experience of God; and a mystic is a person who has, to a greater or less degree, such a direct experience -- one whose religion and life are centered, not merely on an accepted belief or practice, but on that which the person regards as first hand personal knowledge.