In the dark night of the soul, bright flows the river of God.

He who loses an opportunity is like the man who lets a bird fly from his hand, for he will never recover it.

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

It is great wisdom to know how to be silent and to look at neither the remarks, nor the deeds, nor the lives of others.

He who interrupts the course of his spiritual exercises and prayer is like a man who allows a bird to escape from his hand; he can hardly catch it again.

They say, "God told me", or "God replied to me". And yet most of the time they are talking to themselves.

Take God for your spouse and friend and walk with him continually, and you will not sin and will learn to love, and the things you must do will work out prosperously for you.