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

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.

I count all that part of my life lost which I spent not in communion with God, or in doing good.

Take me to you, imprison me, for I, except you enthrall me, never shall be free, nor ever chaste, except you ravish me.

we give each other a smile with a future in it

Friends are ourselves.

Full nakedness! All my joys are due to thee, as souls unbodied, bodies unclothed must be, to taste whole joys.