God's designs regarding you, and His methods of bringing about these designs, are infinitely wise.

As one sees a river pass into the ocean, lose itself in it, its water for a time distinguished from that of the sea, till it gradually becomes transformed into the same sea, and possesses all its qualities; so was my soul lost in God, who communicated to it His qualities, having drawn it out of all that it had of its own. Its life is an inconceivable innocence, not known or comprehended of those who are still shut up in themselves or only live for themselves.

We never know how strongly we cling to objects until they are taken away, and he who thinks htat he is attached to nothing, is frequently grandly mistaken, being bound to a thousand things, unknown to himself.

All consolation that does not come from God is but desolation; when the soul has learned to receive no comfort but in God only, it has passed beyond the reach of desolation.

To rob God of nothing; to refuse Him nothing; to require of Him nothing; this is great perfection.

O my God, how true it is that we may have of Thy gifts and yet may be full of ourselves!

Surrender yourselves then to be led and disposed of just as God pleases, with respect both to your outward and inward state.