There is a light within every soul; it only needs the clouds that overshadow it to be broken for it to beam forth.

Joy and sorrow are the light and shade of life; without light and shade no picture is clear.

Things of heaven cannot be obtained by perseverance; they are the grace of God. To open to this and trust in it is how belief is crystallized into faith. We cannot pay for it in any form, in any way, by our goodness, by our piety, by our great qualities, merits, or virtues; nothing. It is a gift, and all we can do is receive it.

Externally we are a single being, but internally we are a world.

By our trust in the divine beauty in every person we develop that beauty in ourselves.

The first lesson to learn is to resign oneself to the little difficulties in life, not to hit out at everything one comes up against. If one were able to manage this one would not need to cultivate great power; even one's presence would be healing.

Sarcasm is an abuse of the intellect.