God is infinite and without end, but the soul's desire is an abyss which cannot be filled except by a Good which is infinite; and the more ardently the soul longeth after God, the more she wills to long after him; for God is a Good without drawback, and a well of living water without bottom, and the soul is made in the image of God, and therefore it is created to know and love God.

God in His wisdom has decided that He will reward no works but His own.

In the school of the spirit, man learns wisdom through humility.

A good meditation, even when it is interrupted by occasional nodding, is much more beneficial than many outward religious exercises.

If you fall seventy times a day, rise seventy times and return to God so that you will not fall too often.

You have within you many strong and cruel enemies to overcome. You must know that there are still a thousand ties which you must break. No one can tell you what they are; only you can tell by looking at yourself and into your heart.

If ye keep watch over your hearts, and listen for the Voice of God and learn of Him, in one short hour ye can learn more from Him than ye could learn from Man in a thousand years.