And so, too, I speak of love: he who is held by it is held by the strongest of bonds, and yet the stress is pleasant. Moreover, he can sweetly bear all that happens to him. When one has found this bond, he looks for no other.

God expects but one thing of you, and that is that you should come out of yourself in so far as you are a created being made and let God be God in you.

Theologians may quarrel, but the mystics of the world speak the same language.

Your own efforts "did not bring it to pass," only God-but rejoice if God found a use for your efforts in His work.

Words derive their power from the original word.

If I say that God is good, that is not true. God is not good. I am good, and if I say that God is wise, that is not true. I am wiser than he is.

The outward work will never be puny if the inward work is great.