All God wants of man is a peaceful heart.

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

I tell you the truth, any object you have in your mind, however good, will be a barrier between you and the inmost Truth.

One person who has mastered life is better than a thousand persons who have mastered only the contents of books, but no one can get anything out of life without God.

I have sought earnestly and with great diligence that good and high virtue by which man may draw closest to God... and as far as my intelligence would permit, I find that high virtue to be pure disinterest, that is, detachment from creatures. Our Lord said to Martha 'Unum est necessarium', which is to say; to be untroubled and pure, one thing is necessary and that is disinterest.

Between God and Me there is no 'Between'.

If the only prayer you ever say in your entire life is thank you, it will be enough.