People should think less about what they ought to do and more about what they ought to be. If only their being were good, their works would shine forth brightly. Do not imagine that you can ground your salvation upon actions; it must rest on what you are.
God is the word that speaks itself.
Nothing in all creation is so like God as stillness.
That which a man acquires by contemplation he should spend in love.
He who would be serene and pure needs but one thing, detachment.
If we keep our eyes fixed on God alone, then truly he must work in us and nothing, neither the crowd nor any place can hinder him in this.