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

What matters most is a good and ready will to obey God.

In the most intimate, hidden and innermost ground of the soul, God is always essentially, actively, and substantially present. Here the soul possesses everything by grace which God possesses by nature.

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

Let God and all his creation teach you what your sins are.

Often when He comes, He finds the soul occupied. Other guests are there, and He has to turn away. He cannot gain entry, for we love and desire other things; therefore, His gifts, which He is offering to everyone unceasingly, must remain outside.

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