Loneliness is the fundamental force that urgees mystics to a deeper union with God... An experience of God quenches this thirst for the absolute but at the same time, paradoxiacally, whets it, because this is an experience that can never be total; by necessity, the knowledge of God is always partial. So loneliness opens up mystics to a desire to love each other and every human being as God loves them.

There is a struggle inside you between these two parts. It's as if at times your heart becomes a battlefield! The secret part, full of light, seems so small and weak in the face of the discouraging and morbid part, which seems enormous and overwhelming. However, if you light a small candle in a dark room, everything is lit up. It is a matter of trusting in this little light in the deepest part of your being which can gradually chase away the darkness.

To invite others to live with us is a sign that we aren't afraid, that we have a treasure of truth and of peace to share.

Power always has a direction. It is always downward, towards the weak but power is often confused with what is right

He who is or has been deeply hurt has a RIGHT to be sure he is LOVED.

The strong need the weak as much as the weak need the strong

People are longing to rediscover true community. We have had enough of loneliness, independence and competition.