Nothing will be able to hinder us, if we desire and seek God alone, and take pleasure in nothing else.
Love is the root of all joy and sorrow.
What we plant in the soil of contemplation, we shall reap in the harvest of action.
That which a man acquires by contemplation he should spend in love.
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.
The outward work can never be small if the inward one is great, and the outward work can never be great or good if the inward is small or of little worth.