The outward work can never be small if the inward one is great, and the outward work can never be great or good if the inward is small or of little worth.

God is at home, it's we who have gone out for a walk.

The first measn by which He draws is affinity, that affinity which brings creatures of the same species together, and like to its like. With this cord of affinity He drew men to the Godhead, Whom He always resembles. In order that God may draw more to Himself, and forget His wrath.

In this breaking-through, I receive that God and I are one. Then I am what I was, and then I neither diminish nor increase, for I am then an immovable cause that moves all things.

I will be silent and will hear what God will say in me...If God wishes to speak to me, let him enter. I will not go out.

Once a man came to me - it was not too long ago - and said that he had given away much landed property and many goods for his own sake so that he might save his soul. Then I thought: 'How little and how insignificant is what you have let go of! It is blindness and foolishness for you to continue looking at all you've let go of. If, however, you've let go of yourself, then you've really let go.'

No-one knows what the soul is. But what we do know is, the soul is where God works compassion