God does not work in all hearts alike, but according to the preparation and sensitivity He finds in each.

Be ready at all times for the gifts of God, and always for new ones.

The shell must be cracked apart if what is in it is to come out, for if you want the kernel you must break the shell.

When someone goes out of himself to find God or fetch God, he is wrong.

For a heart to be perfectly ready it has to be perfectly empty. In this condition it has attained its maximum capacity.

The soul will bring forth Person if God laughs into her and she laughs back to him. To speak in parable, the Father laughs into the Son and the Son laughs back to the Father; and this laughter breeds liking and liking breeds joy, and joy begets love, and love begets Person, and Person begets the Holy Ghost.

Even now one rarely hears of people achieving great things unless they first stumble in some respect.