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

This much is certain: when a man is happy, happy to the core and root of beatitude, he is no longer conscious of himself or anything else.

Your own efforts "did not bring it to pass," only God-but rejoice if God found a use for your efforts in His work.

The seed of God is in us. If the seed had a good, wise and industrious cultivator, it would thrive all the more and grow up to God whose seed it is, and the fruit would be equal to the nature of God. Now the seed of a pear tree grows into a pear tree, a hazel seed into a hazel tree, and the seed of God into God.

The less you feel and the more firmly you believe, the more praiseworthy is your faith and the more it will be esteemed and appreciated; for real faith is much more than a mere opinion of man. In it we have true knowledge: in truth, we lack nothing save true faith.

The shell must be cracked apart if what is in it is to come out, for if you want the kernel you must break the shell.

Action and becoming are one.