One must learn an inner solitude, wherever or with whomsoever he may be.

God is equally near in all creatures.

The soul at its highest is found like God, but an angel gives a closer idea of Him. That is all an angel is: an idea of God.

The first measn by which He draws is affinity, that affinity which brings creatures of the same species together, and like to its like. With this cord of affinity He drew men to the Godhead, Whom He always resembles. In order that God may draw more to Himself, and forget His wrath.

By humility, out of an enemy He has made a friend, which is more than to have created a new earth.

[W]e must come into a transformed knowing, an unknowing which comes not from ignorance but from knowledge.

Whatever God does, the first outburst is always compassion.