The soul must long for God in order to be set aflame by God's love; but if the soul cannot yet feel the longing, then it must long for the longing. To long for the longing is also from God.

The beast that bears you fastest to perfection is suffering.

Between God and Me there is no 'Between'.

The soul loves the body. And consider too how it is that the body is more in the soul than the soul is in the body.

The outward man is the swinging door; the inner man is the still hinge.

If the seal is pressed completely through the wax so that no wax remains without being impressed by the seal, then it becomes indistinguishably one with the seal. Similarly the soul becomes completely united with God.

Man goes far away or near but God never goes far-off; he is always standing close at hand, and even if he cannot stay within he goes no further than the door.