Love consists not in feeling great things but in having great detachment and in suffering for the Beloved. The soul that is attached to anything, however much good there may be in it, will not arrive at the liberty of Divine union. For whether it be a strong wire rope or a slender and delicate thread that holds the bird, it matters not, if it really holds it fast; for until the cord be broken, the bird cannot fly.

Faith is a dark night for man, but in this very way it gives him light.

Abide in peace, banish cares, take no account of all that happens, and you will serve God according to his good pleasure and rest in him.

He who loses an opportunity is like the man who lets a bird fly from his hand, for he will never recover it.

Faith is the union of God and the soul.

When there is no love, pour in love and you shall draw out love.

Where there is no love, pour love in, and you will draw love out.