The beast that bears you fastest to perfection is suffering.

I am what I wanted and I want what I am.

This then is salvation - when we marvel at the beauty of created things and praise their beautiful Creator.

A man may go into the field and say his prayer and be aware of God, or he may be in Church and be aware of God; but if he is more aware of Him because he is in a quiet place, that is his own deficiency and not due to God, Who is alike present in all things and places, and is willing to give Himself everywhere so far as lies in Him... He knows God rightly who knows Him everywhere.

God is in all things, but so far as God is Divine and so far as He is rational, God is nowhere so properly as in the soul - in the innermost of the soul

This is not only a commandment but also a promise or reward.

God wants nothing from you but the gift of a peaceful heart.