The soul is created in a place between Time and Eternity: with its highest powers it touches Eternity, with its lower Time.

By humility, out of an enemy He has made a friend, which is more than to have created a new earth.

There is no greater valor nor no sterner fight. He who would be what he ought to be must stop being what he is.

Truly, it is in darkness that one finds the light, so when we are in sorrow, then this light is nearest of all to us.

Wisdom consists in doing the next think you have to do, doing it with your whole heart, and finding delight in doing it.

Philosophers say the Soul is double-faced, her upper face gazes at God all the time and her lower face looks somewhat down, informing the senses; and the upper face, which is the summit of the soul, is in eternity and has nothing to do with time: it knows nothing of time or of body.

If you seek the kernel, then you must break the shell. An likewise, if you would know the reality of Nature, you must destroy the appearance, and the farther you go beyond the appearance, the nearer you will be to the essence.