The beast that bears you fastest to perfection is suffering.
The shell must be cracked apart if what is in it is to come out, for if you want the kernel you must break the shell.
Remember this: all suffering comes to an end. And whatever you suffer authentically, God has suffered from it first.
.... all blades of grass, wood, and stone, all things are One.
God is intelligence occupied with knowing itself.
Let God operate in thee; Hand the work over to Him and do not disquiet thyself as to whether or no He is working with nature or above nature, for His are both nature and grace.