Yearning: It needs to hurt in order to be worthy of the word. Otherwise it is just wanting.
The window of the soul cleansed perfectly and made completely transparent by the divine light
In the dark night of the soul, bright flows the river of God.
If you do not learn to deny yourself, you can make no progress in perfection.
The purest suffering bears and carries in its train the purest understanding.
Have a great love for those who contradict and fail to love you, for in this way love is begotten in a heart that has no love.