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.

To be properly expressed a thing must proceed from within, moved by its form: it must come, not in from without but out from within.

People should think less about what they ought to do and more about what they ought to be. If only their being were good, their works would shine forth brightly. Do not imagine that you can ground your salvation upon actions; it must rest on what you are.

You may call God love, you may call God goodness. But the best name for God is compassion.

He is conscious only of God...To be conscious of knowing God is to know about God and self.

God is intelligence occupied with knowing itself.

Apprehend God in all things, for God is in all things. Every single creature is full of God and is a book about God. Every creature is a word of God.