Above thought is the intellect, which still seeks: it goes about looking, spies out here and there, picks up and drops. But above the intellect that seeks is another intellect which does not seek but stays in its pure, simple being, which is embraced in that light.

The soul will bring forth Person if God laughs into her and she laughs back to him. To speak in parable, the Father laughs into the Son and the Son laughs back to the Father; and this laughter breeds liking and liking breeds joy, and joy begets love, and love begets Person, and Person begets the Holy Ghost.

I am as sure as I live that nothing is so near to me as God. God is nearer to me than I am to myself; my existence depends on the nearness and the presence of God.

What our Lord did was done with the intent, and this alone, that he might be with us and we with him.

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

God is at home, it's we who have gone out for a walk.

No-one knows what the soul is. But what we do know is, the soul is where God works compassion