Lord, I shall see you no more with the eyes of the flesh.

Whoever does not seek the cross of Christ doesn't seek the glory of Christ.

The centre of the soul is God; and, when the soul has attained to Him according to the whole capacity of its being, which is the strength and virtue of the soul, it will have reached the last and the deep centre of the soul, which will be when with all its powers it loves and understands and enjoys God.

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 soul that journey's to God, but doesn't shake off it's cares and quiet it's appetities, is like someone who drags a cart of dirt uphill.

Silence is God's first language.

Obedience is a penance of reason, and, on that account, a sacrifice more acceptable than all corporal penances and mortifications.