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

There is no stopping place in this life--nor is there ever one for any person, no matter how far along the way one's gone.

What we plant in the soil of contemplation, we shall reap in the harvest of action.

Love is as strong as death, as hard as Hell. Death separates the soul from the body, but love separates all things from the soul.

Existence itself stands in need of nothing, for it lacks nothing, whereas everything else needs it, because outside of it there is nothing. Nothingness stands in need of existence, as a sick man lacks health and is in need. Health has no need of a sick man. To want nothing, therefore, characterizes the highest perfection, is fullest and purest existence.

If the only prayer you ever say in your entire life is thank you, it will be enough.

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.