The spiritual life is a stern choice. It is not a consoling retreat from the difficulties of existence; but an invitation to enter fully into that difficult existence, and there apply the Charity of God and bear the cost.

All artists are of necessity in some measure contemplative.

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

The direction and constancy of the will is what really matters, & intellect & feeling are only important in so far as they contribute to that.

God is acting on your soul all the time, whether you have spiritual sensations or not.

In the created world around us we see the Eternal Artist, Eternal Love at work.

On every level of life, from housework to heights of prayer, in all judgment and efforts to get things done, hurry and impatience are sure marks of the amateur.