In the inner stillness where meditation leads, the Spirit secretly anoints the soul and heals our deepest wounds.

Would that men might come at last to see that it is quite impossible to reach the thicket of the riches and wisdom of God except by first entering the thicket of much suffering, in such a way that the soul finds there its consolation and desire. The soul that longs for divine wisdom chooses first, and in truth, to enter the thicket of the cross.

Beloved, all that is harsh and difficult I want for myself, and all that is gentle and sweet for thee.

Yearning: It needs to hurt in order to be worthy of the word. Otherwise it is just wanting.

The conditions of a solitary bird are five: The first, that it flies to the highest point; The Second, that it does not suffer for company, not even of its own kind; The Third, that it aims its beak to the skies; The Fourth, that it does not have a definite color; The Fifth, that it sings very softly.

The window of the soul cleansed perfectly and made completely transparent by the divine light

Silence is God's first language.