God is not found in the soul by adding anything but by a process of subtraction.

The outward man is the swinging door; the inner man is the still hinge.

People should not worry as much about what they do but rather about what they are. If they and their ways are good, then their deeds are radiant... it is not our works which sanctify us but we who sanctify our works.

God is like a person who clears his throat while hiding and so gives himself away. God lies in wait for us with nothing so much as love.

There are plenty to follow our Lord half-way, but not the other half. They will give up possessions, friends and honors, but it touches them to closely to disown themselves.

He who can make distinction in God without number or quantity, knows that the three persons of the Trinity are one God.

Outward as well as inward morality helps to form the idea of a true Christian freedom. We are right to lay stress on inwardness, but in this world there is no inwardness without an outward expression.