To be full of things is to be empty of God; to be empty of things is to be full of God.

This is not only a commandment but also a promise or reward.

The beast that bears you fastest to perfection is suffering.

My Lord told me a joke. And seeing Him laugh has done more for me than any scripture I will ever read.

To be sure, our mental processes often go wrong, so that we imagine God to have gone away. What should be done then? Do exactly what you would do if you felt most secure. Learn to behave thus even in deepest distress and keep yourself that way in any and every estate of life. I can give you no better advice than to find God where you lost him.

He who would be serene and pure needs but one thing, detachment.

To get at the core of God at his greatest, one must first get to the core of himself at his least, for no one can know God who has not first known himself. This core is a simple stillness, which is unmoved itself but by whose immobility all things are moved and all receive life.