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

Time is what keeps the light from reaching us. There is no greater obstacle to God than time: and not only time but temporalities, not only temporal things but temporal affections, not only temporal affections but the very taint and smell of time.

Therefore, look only for this fishhook, and you will be happily caught. The more you are caught, the more you will be liberated.

There is something in the soul that is so akin to God that it is one with Him... It has nothing in common with anything created.

When I experience Love I must go to God. When I experience non-attachment God must come to me.

A life of rest and peace in God is good; a life of pain lived in patience is still better; but to have peace in a life of pain is best of all.

Apprehend God in all things, for God is in all things. Every single creature is full of God and is a book about God. Every creature is a word of God.