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

God is equally near in all creatures.

Whether you like it or not, whether you know it or not, secretly all nature seeks God and works toward [God].

People who dwell in God dwell in the eternal now.

The second means of attraction which He used is Emptiness, as we see when we place one end of a hollow pipe in water, and draw up it by suction; the water runs up the stem to the mouth, because the emptiness of the pipe, from which the air has been drawn, draws the water to itself.

Become aware of what is in you. Announce it, pronounce it, produce it, and give birth to it.

Philosophers say the Soul is double-faced, her upper face gazes at God all the time and her lower face looks somewhat down, informing the senses; and the upper face, which is the summit of the soul, is in eternity and has nothing to do with time: it knows nothing of time or of body.