The second means of attraction which He used is Emptiness, as we see when we place one end of a hollow pipe in water, and draw up it by suction; the water runs up the stem to the mouth, because the emptiness of the pipe, from which the air has been drawn, draws the water to itself.

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

The most powerful prayer, one wellnigh omnipotent, and the worthiest work of all is the outcome of a quiet mind. The quieter it is the more powerful, the worthier, the deeper, the more telling and more perfect the prayer is.

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

Think more about who you are and less about what you do, for if you are just, your ways will be just.

Nothing is sharper than suffering, nothing is sweeter than to have suffered.

Outward as well as inward morality helps to form the idea of a true Christian freedom. We are right to lay stress on inwardness, but in this world there is no inwardness without an outward expression.