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

Nothing will be able to hinder us, if we desire and seek God alone, and take pleasure in nothing else.

Only he to whom God is present in everything and who employs his reason in the highest degree and has enjoyment in it knows anything of true peace and has a real kingdom of heaven.

Be willing to be a beginner every single morning.

There is something in the soul that is so akin to God that it is one with Him... It has nothing in common with anything created.

Whatever God does, the first outburst is always compassion.

And so, too, I speak of love: he who is held by it is held by the strongest of bonds, and yet the stress is pleasant. Moreover, he can sweetly bear all that happens to him. When one has found this bond, he looks for no other.