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.

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

The soul that walks in love neither tires others nor grows tired.

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

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.

See that you are not suddenly saddened by the adversities of this world, for you do not know the good they bring, being ordained in the judgments of God for the everlasting joy of the elect.

Love consists not in feeling great things but in having great detachment and in suffering for the Beloved.