I throw myself down in my chamber, and I call in, and invite God, and his Angels thither, and when they are there, I neglect God and his Angels, for the noise of a fly, for the rattling of a coach, for the whining of a door.

I shall die reading; since my book and a grave are so near.

Doubt wisely; in strange way To stand inquiring right, is not to stray; To sleep, or run wrong, is.

He must pull out his own eyes, and see no creature, before he can say, he sees no God; He must be no man, and quench his reasonable soul, before he can say to himself, there is no God.

Death be not proud, though some have called thee Mighty and dreadful, for thou art not so. For, those, whom thou think'st thou dost overthrow. Die not, poor death, nor yet canst thou kill me.

The rich have no more of the kingdom of heaven than they have purchased of the poor by their alms.

All other things to their destruction draw, Only our love hath no decay.