The mystic cannot wholly do without symbol and image, inadequate to his vision though they must always be: for his experience must be expressed if it is to be communicated, and its actuality is inexpressible except in some hint or parallel which will stimulate the dormant intuition of the reader.

The determined fixing of our will upon God, and pressing toward him steadily and without deflection; this is the very center and the art of prayer.

Man's will and God's grace rise and fall together

The heart outstrips the clumsy senses, and sees - perhaps for an instant, perhaps for long periods of bliss - an undistorted and more veritable world.

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

Mysticism is the art of union with Reality.

Meditation is a half-way house between thinking and contemplating.