Seek in reading and thou shalt find in meditation; knock in prayer and it shall be opened in contemplation.

Seek in reading and you will find in meditation; knock in prayer and it will be opened to you in contemplation.

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

The eternal spring is hidden in this living bread for our life's sake, although it is night. It is here calling out to creatures; and they satisfy their thirst, although in darkness, because it is night. This living spring that I long for, I see in this bread of life, although it is night.

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.

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

Live in the world as if only God and your soul were in it; then your heart will never be made captive by any earthly thing.