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

Now that I no longer desire all, I have it all without desire.

Abide in peace, banish cares, take no account of all that happens, and you will serve God according to his good pleasure and rest in him.

God passes through the thicket of the world, and wherever His glance falls He turns all things to beauty.

The soul of one who serves God always swims in joy, always keeps holiday, is always in her palace of jubilation, ever singing with fresh ardor and fresh pleasure a new song of joy and love.

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.

The purest suffering bears and carries in its train the purest understanding.