Even now one rarely hears of people achieving great things unless they first stumble in some respect.

The outward work can never be small if the inward one is great, and the outward work can never be great or good if the inward is small or of little worth.

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

If you seek the kernel, then you must break the shell. An likewise, if you would know the reality of Nature, you must destroy the appearance, and the farther you go beyond the appearance, the nearer you will be to the essence.

For a heart to be perfectly ready it has to be perfectly empty. In this condition it has attained its maximum capacity.

When I think of God's Kingdom, I am compelled to be silent because of its immensity, because God's Kingdom is none other than God himself with all His riches.

Between God and Me there is no 'Between'.