The virtuous soul that is alone and without a master is like a long lone burning coal; it will grow colder rather than hotter.

If you lose an opportunity you will be like one who lets the bird fly away; you will never get it back.

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

Live as though only God and yourself were in this world, so that your heart may not be detained by anything human.

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.

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

Never listen to accounts of the frailty of others; and if anyone should complain to you of another, humbly ask him not to speak about him at all.