I have never found any who prayed so well as those who had never been taught how. They who have no master in man, have one in the Holy Spirit.

Ah, if you knew what peace there is in an accepted sorrow!

Secrets of the incomprehensible wisdom of God, unknown to any besides Himself! Man, sprung up only of a few days, wants to penetrate, and to set bounds to it. Who is it that hath known the mind of the Lord, or who hath been His counselor?

If knowing answers to life's questions is absolutely necessary to you, then forget the journey. You will never make it, for this is a journey of unknowables - of unanswered questions, enigmas, incomprehensibles, and, most of all, things unfair.

It is the fire of suffering that brings forth the gold of godliness.

The more wants we have, the further we are from God, and the nearer we approach him, the better can we dispense with everything that is not Himself.

The very discovery of these hidden things is in itself a purifying experience! The soul needs to discover what is inside. The self nature needs to see what it really is, and what it is like-right to the very bottom.