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

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

Who teaches the soul if not God?

However softly we speak, God is so close to us that he can hear us; nor do we need wings to go in search of him, but merely to seek solitude and contemplate him within ourselves, without being surprised to find such a good Guest there.

Not to follow the advice of our confessor is pride and a want of faith.

Take God for your spouse and friend and walk with him continually, and you will not sin and will learn to love, and the things you must do will work out prosperously for you.

They say, "God told me", or "God replied to me". And yet most of the time they are talking to themselves.